Fringes
frin'-jis (tsitsith, "tassel, lock" (Nu 15:38,39), gedhilim,
"twisted threads," "festoons" (Dt 22:12)): Tassels worn by
the Israelites on the four corners of their garments as
reminders of "all the commandments of Yahweh," in accordance
with the law set out in Nu 15:37-41 and Dt 22:12. These
tassels originally contained a thread of tekheleth, ...
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Prescribed for the vesture worn by the Israelites
Nu 15:37-41; De 22:12
-Made broad by the Pharisees
Mt 23:5...
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Tassels of twisted cords fastened to the four corners of the
outer garment, worn by observant Jews as a reminder of
covenant obligations (Numbers 15:38-39; Deuteronomy 22:12;
compare Zechariah 8:23). The woman suffering from chronic
hemorrhage touched the tassel of Jesus' cloak (Matthew 9:20,
Luke 8:44). The English translations (with the exce...
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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:...
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Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy
vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself]....
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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 whoring:...
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SPECIAL DRESS OF THE PHARISEES
The Pharisees in their religious garb, took two articles of dress which were worn by other Jews and emphasized them in a special way until they became their distinctive apparel. One of these was the phylactery. It was a little box of metal, or bands of parchment which was fastened to the hand or forehead by straps. I...
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