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Deuteronomy 22:12

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¶ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
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  1. Matthew 23:5Rank 1 from verse 12
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    5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

  2. Numbers 15:37–41Rank 2 from verse 12
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    37¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

    38Speak 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:

    39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

    40That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

    41I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

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Deuteronomy 22:12

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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quarters

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Sense 1: Fourth parts. Sense 2: Districts, regions, sides, directions, or appointed places.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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vesture

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A garment, robe, covering, or clothing worn upon the body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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11¶ Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

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

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13¶ If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

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