Numbers 15:38

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.”

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BSBPD

““Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 each border a cord of blue:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, and they have made for themselves fringes on the skirts of their garments, to their generations, and they have put on the fringe of the skirt a ribbon of blue,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 15:38 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 22:12You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
  2. Matthew 9:20Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
  3. Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
  4. Luke 8:44She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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