Deuteronomy 22:12

12 Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

Deuteronomy 22:12 in Other Translations

12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

12 "You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.

12 “You must put four tassels on the hem of the cloak with which you cover yourself—on the front, back, and sides.

12 Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you use to cover yourself.

12 Make tassels on the four corners of the outer garment you wear.

Deuteronomy 22:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:12

Thou shalt make thee fringes
Though a different word is here used from that in ( Numbers 15:38 ) , yet the same things are intended, and Onkelos translates both by one and the same word, and which is no other than a corruption of the Greek word used in ( Matthew 23:5 ) . Though there have been some, whom Aben Ezra takes notice of, who supposed that this is a law by itself, and to be observed in the night, as that in ( Numbers 15:38 ) was in the day; but these he warmly opposes, and calls them liars:

upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself;
upon the four skirts of the uppermost vesture, called Talith; (See Gill on Numbers 15:38).

Deuteronomy 22:12 In-Context

10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

12 Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

13 If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her

14 and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,”

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 15:37-41; Matthew 23:5