Exo 13:9, 16, Num 15:38-39, Deu 11:18, Pro 3:3, 6:21, 7:3, Mat 23:5, Heb 2:1 | TSK | STEP | a sign.This expression, says Michaelis, alludes to the custom of the Orientals, of burning in their right hand all kinds of marks with the ashes of henna, which gives an indelible colour; and this is done even to this day. They were likewise accustomed to write all kinds of sayings, and frequently superstitious words, on slips or pieces of linen, which they wore as ornaments on their foreheads. may be. strong hand.

Exodus 13:9

a sign.This expression, says Michaelis, alludes to the custom of the Orientals, of burning in their right hand all kinds of marks with the ashes of henna, which gives an indelible colour; and this is done even to this day. They were likewise accustomed to write all kinds of sayings, and frequently superstitious words, on slips or pieces of linen, which they wore as ornaments on their foreheads.

16; 12:14; Nu 15:39; De 6:6,8; 11:18,19; Pr 1:9; 3:21; 6:20-23

Pr 7:23; So 8:6; Isa 49:16; Jer 22:24; Mt 23:5

may be.

De 30:14; Jos 1:8; Isa 59:21; Ro 10:8

strong hand.

3; 6:1-30; Jos 1:9; Ne 1:10; Ps 89:13; Isa 27:1; 40:10; 51:9

Joe 2:11; Re 18:8

Exodus 13:16

a token.

9; 12:13

frontlets.

De 6:7-9; 11:18; Mt 23:5

for by.

9,14; De 26:8

Numbers 15:38-39

fringes in the borders.The word {tzitzith} properly denotes an ornament resembling a flower. From ver. 39, we learn that these were emblematical of the commands of God. That there is any analogy between a fringe and a precept, it would be bold to assert; but when a thing is appointed to represent another, no matter how different, that first object becomes the legitimate representative or sign of the other.

De 22:12; Mt 9:20; 23:5; Lu 8:44

remember.

Ex 13:9; De 6:6-9; 11:18-21,28-32; Pr 3:1

ye seek not.

De 29:19; Job 31:7; Pr 28:26; Ec 11:9; Jer 9:14; Eze 6:9

go a whoring.

Ex 34:15,16; Ps 73:27; 106:39; Ho 2:2; Jas 4:4