1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Numbers 15:38 | Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt tell them *to make to themselves fringes in the corners of their garments, putting in them ribands of blue: Deuteronomy 22:12.; Matthew 23:5. | Fringes. The Pharisees enlarged these fringes through hypocrisy, (Matthew 23:5,) to appear more zealous than other men for the law of God. (Challoner) --- Our Saviour conformed to this law, Luke 8:44. Moses shews that these fringes were to be made for the cloak, which was square, and not for the tunic, Deuteronomy 22:12. The colour, in St. Justin Martyr's time, was purple. (Dialogue with Trypho) It seems that the Phoenicians were accustomed to wear such fringes. Sidoniam picto chlamidem circumdata limbo. (Virgil, Aeneid iv.) (Calmet) --- God ordained that his people should be thus distinguished from other nations. (Tirinus) |