Deuteronomy 22:12

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¹²¶ ^(A)Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

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Matthew 23:5

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⁵^[a]All their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make their ^[b]phylacteries broad, and make long ^[c]the ^(A)fringes of their garments,

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Matthew 23:5 Hypocrites are ambitious.
Matthew 23:5 It was a thread, or ribbon of blue silk in the fringe of a corner, the beholding whereof made them to remember the laws and ordinances of God: and therefore was it called a Phylactery, as ye would say, a keeper, Num. 15:38; Deut. 6:8, which order the Jews afterward abused, as they do nowadays, which hang the St. John’s Gospels about their necks: a thing condemned many years ago in the Council of Antioch.
Matthew 23:5 Word for word, Twisted tassels of thread which hung at the nethermost hems of their garments.

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