Fringes These were certain threads, or ends, standing out a little farther than the rest of their garments, left there for this use. In the borders That is, in the four borders or quarters, as it is, Deuteronomy 22:12. Of their garments Of their upper garments. This was practised by the Pharisees in Christ's time, who are noted for making their borders larger than ordinary. A riband To make it more obvious to the sight, and consequently more serviceable to the use here mentioned. Of blue Or, purple.
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Numbers 15:38
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: