Numbers 15:39
It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all the LORD’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;
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40so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
Cross References
Exodus 13:9It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the LORD your God has forbidden you.
Deuteronomy 6:12then beware lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
Job 31:7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
Psalms 106:39Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 15:38-41
The Law Concerning Fringes. ( b. c. 1490.) 37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord , and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a… Read the whole commentary →