Num. 15:38

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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.

Deut 22:12; Matt 9:20; Matt 23:5; Luke 8:44