Reference: Fringes
Fausets
zizith. Nu 15:38 translated "that they add to the fringes of the borders (corners) a thread of blue, ... that ye may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them." (De 22:12). The ordinary outer garment was a quadrangle of cloth, to the four corners of which a tassel was attached. Each tassel had a thread of deep blue, marking the heavenly origin of the commandments of which it was to remind them.
The Pharisees "enlarged" the fringes to gain note for piety (Mt 23:5). Latterly the Jews have worn the fringed talith of a smaller size, as an under dress, especially at the synagogue morning prayer. The zizith on the sky-blue thread would be constantly before the Israelites' eyes, in order that, reminded thereby continually of God's commandments they might not turn their feet to the seductions of the world (Pr 4:25-26; 3:3; Re 19:8). The woman with the issue of blood touched Christ's hem, as the sacred part (Mt 9:20).
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"Speak to the Israelites and tell them to make tassels for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and put a blue thread on the tassel of the corners.
You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you. Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.
But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen" (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).
Hastings
In Nu 15:37 ff. the Hebrews are commanded to 'make them fringes (Heb. ts
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for it is his only covering -- it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
The Lord spoke to Moses: "Speak to the Israelites and tell them to make tassels for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and put a blue thread on the tassel of the corners.
You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.
But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and at once the bleeding stopped.