Deuteronomy 22:12

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

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 "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

11 "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together.

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

13 "If any man take a wife and go in unto her, and hate her,

14 and give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her and say, `I took this woman, and when I came to her I found her not a maid,'