37 The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them that they shall make for themselves (A)tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a [a]violet thread. 39 It shall be a tassel for you [b]to look at and (B)remember all the commandments of the Lord, so that you will do them and not [c]follow your own heart and your own eyes, [d]which led you to prostitute yourselves, 40 so that you will remember and do all My commandments and (C)be holy to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:38 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  2. Numbers 15:39 Lit and you shall look at it
  3. Numbers 15:39 Lit seek
  4. Numbers 15:39 Lit after which you played

Garment Fringes

37 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the Israelites,[a] and tell them to make for themselves tassels[b] on the hems of their garments throughout their generations[c] and to put a blue cord on the tassel of the hem. 39 You will have a tassel for you to look at[d] and remember all the commands of Yahweh and do them, and not follow after the unfaithfulness of your own heart and eyes,[e] 40 so that you will remember and do all my commandments, and you will be holy for your God. 41 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:38 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 15:38 Hebrew “tassel”
  3. Numbers 15:38 Hebrew “for their generations”
  4. Numbers 15:39 Literally “and you will look at it”
  5. Numbers 15:39 Literally “after your heart and after your eyes, which you are unfaithful after them”