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THE LAW OF TASSELS (Numbers 15:37-41).
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Numbers 15:37-41
The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:37-41
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Matthew Henry on Numbers 15:37-41Numbers 15:37-41 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe people are ordered by the Lord to make fringes on the borders of their garments. The Jews were distinguished from their neighbours in their dress, as well as in their diet, and thus taught not to be conformed to the…The Law Concerning Fringes. (b. c. 1490.)Numbers 15:37-41 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE LAW CONCERNING FRINGES. (B. C. 1490.) Provision had been just now made by the law for the pardon of sins of ignorance and infirmity; now here is an expedient provided for the preventing of such sins. They are ordere…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:37-41Numbers 15:37-41 · The Pulpit CommentaryA DISTINGUISHING MARK OF THE FAITHFUL In the ordinance of the tassels we have at once the height and depth of the old dispensation—the most trivial of outward observances married to the deepest truths and greatest bless…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:37-41Numbers 15:37-41 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE USE AND ABUSE OF MEMORIALS This law is one of the many illustrations of the minute particulars prescribed by the laws of Moses. We find other illustrations in precepts respecting ploughing (Deuteronomy 22:10), sowin…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:37-40Numbers 15:37-40 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE FRINGES: EVER-PRESENT REMINDERS I. A NEED TO BE PROVIDED FOR. These numerous and all-important commandments must, if such a thing is possible, be kept continually before the minds of the people. God has already prov…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 15:37-41The people are ordered by the Lord to make fringes on the borders of their garments. The Jews were distinguished from their neighbours in their dress, as well as in their diet, and thus taught not to be conformed to the…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Law Concerning Fringes. (b. c. 1490.)THE LAW CONCERNING FRINGES. (B. C. 1490.) Provision had been just now made by the law for the pardon of sins of ignorance and infirmity; now here is an expedient provided for the preventing of such sins. They are ordere…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:37-40THE FRINGES: EVER-PRESENT REMINDERS I. A NEED TO BE PROVIDED FOR. These numerous and all-important commandments must, if such a thing is possible, be kept continually before the minds of the people. God has already prov…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:37-41A DISTINGUISHING MARK OF THE FAITHFUL In the ordinance of the tassels we have at once the height and depth of the old dispensation—the most trivial of outward observances married to the deepest truths and greatest bless…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:37-41THE USE AND ABUSE OF MEMORIALS This law is one of the many illustrations of the minute particulars prescribed by the laws of Moses. We find other illustrations in precepts respecting ploughing (Deuteronomy 22:10), sowin…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:38Bid them that they make them fringes. צִיצִת, probably tassels. It seems to signify something flower-like and bright, like the blooms on a shrub; the word צִיץ. is applied to the shining plate of gold upon Aaron's head-…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:39That ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments. It was indeed a minute and apparently trivial distinction, and yet such an one as would most surely strike the eye, and through the eye the mind. It was like…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 15:41GOD RECALLS A GREAT DEED AND THE PURPOSE OF IT I. GOD RECALLED A GREAT DEED. I brought you out of the land of Egypt."‘ 1. It was deliverance from a bitter bondage. The Israelites had been making light of it of late, but…Joseph S. Exell and contributors