Numbers 15:40

40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.

Numbers 15:40 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
English Standard Version (ESV)
40 So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
New Living Translation (NLT)
40 The tassels will help you remember that you must obey all my commands and be holy to your God.
The Message Bible (MSG)
40 The tassels will signal remembrance and observance of all my commandments, to live a holy life to God.
American Standard Version (ASV)
40 that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
40 You will remember to obey all my commands, and you will be holy to your God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
40 This way you will remember and obey all My commands and be holy to your God.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
40 " 'You will remember to obey all of my commands. And you will be set apart for your God.

Numbers 15:40 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:40

That ye may remember and do all my commandments
Which is repeated, that the end and use of these fringes might be particularly taken notice of, and attended to; that so they might not satisfy themselves with and rest in this ceremony of wearing the fringes, but be found in the observance of every moral precept, and of every religious ordinance and duty:

and be holy unto your God:
as in his presence, according to his will, and for his honour and glory, by keeping his holy commands, and living an holy life and conversation, well pleasing in his sight.

Numbers 15:40 In-Context

38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.
40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.
41 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Genesis 26:5; Deuteronomy 11:13; Psalms 103:18; Psalms 119:56
  • 2. S Leviticus 11:44; Romans 12:1; Colossians 1:22; 1 Peter 1:15
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