Thematic Bible: Phylacteries
Thematic Bible
Phylacteries » Frontlets worn to preserve the law in memory
But all their works they do to be seen by others. They make their tefillin broad and enlarge the fringe of their garments,
You shall make yourselves fringes on the four borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.
Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.