Deuteronomy 22:12
Thou shalt make strings in the hem at the four corners of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be covered.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
In Context
11Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of woollen and linen together.
13If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her,
Cross References
Numbers 15:37The Lord also said to Moses:
Matthew 23:5And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:6-13
Various Prohibitions. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well… Read the whole commentary →