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Positive Commandment #84 of 613
Have tzitzit on four-cornered garments
Commandment #84 — a positive obligation from Numbers 15:38, classified under Signs and Symbols in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue.”
— Numbers 15:38
Hebrew
לח דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת עַל-כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם, לְדֹרֹתָם; וְנָתְנוּ עַל-צִיצִת הַכָּנָף, פְּתִיל תְּכֵלֶת.
Greek (Septuagint)
38 Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ ποιησάτωσαν ἑαυτοῖς κράσπεδα ἐπὶ τὰ πτερύγια τῶν ἱματίων αὐτῶν εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπιθήσετε ἐπὶ τὰ κράσπεδα τῶν πτερυγίων κλῶσμα ὑακίνθινον.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Signs and Symbols
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 15
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shelach
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #386
- Mishneh Torah
- LoveTzitzit
Related Commandments in “Signs and Symbols”
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