Deutéronome 22:12 BDS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 22:12

Deuteronomy 22:12. Fringes Or laces, or strings, partly to bring the commands of God to their remembrance, as it is expressed Numbers 15:38, and partly as a public profession of their nation and religion, whereby they might be distinguished from strangers, that so they might be more circumspect to behave as became the people of God, and that they should own their religion before all the world. Thou coverest thyself These words seem to confine the precept to the upper garment wherewith... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Laws of love and purity (22:1-30)A collection of miscellaneous laws reminds the people of some everyday responsibilities. They had to go out of their way to help others (22:1-4); they were not to dress in a way that would encourage immorality (5); they were to be thoughtful for the safety of others, birds and animals as well as people (6-8); and they were not to restrict the productivity of their crops through wrong practices, or shorten the lives of their working animals through cruelty... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 22:12

fringes = twisted cords. In Matthew 23:5 the Greek is craspeda, because hanging like locks of hair. Not the same as Numbers 15:38 , which was ordained to distinguish Israel from the nations. quarters. Hebrew "wings". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:12

"Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself."(See Vol. 3 in our series on the Pentateuch for comment on this passage under Numbers 15:37-41.) read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 22:12

12. thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters—or, according to some eminent biblical interpreters, tassels on the coverlet of the bed. The precept is not the same as Numbers 15:38. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 22:9-12

Illustrations of the principle 22:9-12The laws against mixing seed, animals in yoke, and fibers in clothing (Deuteronomy 22:9-11) may have had a double significance. They taught the Israelites the importance of purity and keeping things distinct ". . . because the order of the world must not be endangered." [Note: C. Houtman, "Another Look at Forbidden Mixtures," Vetus Testamentum 24:2 (1984):227.] They may have also illustrated the importance of remaining separate from the Canaanites (cf. 2... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 22:9-18

7. Laws arising from the seventh commandment 22:9-23:18The seventh commandment is, "You shall not commit adultery" (Deuteronomy 5:18). Adultery involves mixing people in a way that they should not mix. The Israelites need to keep things properly apart separate."Known elsewhere in the ancient Near East as the ’Great Sin,’ adultery epitomizes all that impurity means, whether in family, social, political, or religious life." [Note: Merrill, Deuteronomy, p. 299.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Laws regarding Lost Property, Distinction of Sex in Apparel, and Chastity1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.5. ’God is not the author of confusion,’ and the natural distinctions He Himself has appointed ought to be respected. Whatever contravenes the law of nature contravenes the law of God: cp. the principle laid down by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:3-16. Immodesty leads to immorality. There may be an allusion here to the unchaste practices connected with certain idolatrous... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 22:12

(12) Thou shalt make thee fringes.—See Numbers 16:32-41 for the origin of this requirement. We may call this fringe (or κράςπεδον, Greek) on the four sides of the square shawl or mantle, a mourning for the one man who was executed for sabbath breaking in the wilderness, as well as a reminder to Israel to do all the commandments and be holy unto their God. Of this κράςπεδον, when worn by our Lord on earth, the sick laid hold and were healed. His obedience and His suffering for the transgressions... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Your Responsibility for Your Brother Deuteronomy 22:1-3 A recent writer in one of our religious papers has said, with all the omniscience and infallibility that attach to the press, that no one preaches from the Pentateuch in these days. By this he probably suggests that there is no Gospel in the Pentateuch, and in suggesting this he shows hopeless, unblushing ignorance. One of the best books Charles Kingsley wrote was The Gospel in the Pentateuch; and anyone who takes the trouble to look for... read more