Numbers 15:39
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And 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:These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
In other translations
And 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:These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will becomeH1961לָכֶםlakhemfor <the> youלְצִיצִתletzitzit<into> tassel[s]H6734וּרְאִיתֶםure'itemand you will seeH7200אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> itH853וּזְכַרְתֶּםuzekhartemand you will rememberH2142אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605מִצְוֹתmitzvot[the] commandments ofH4687יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַעֲשִׂיתֶםva'asitemand you will observeH6213אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תָתֻרוּtaturuyou will go aboutH8446אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310לְבַבְכֶםlevavkhemown heart yourH3824וְאַחֲרֵיve'achareiand afterH310עֵינֵיכֶם'eineikhemown eyes yourH5869אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834אַתֶּם'atemyouH859זֹנִיםzonim[are] acting as prostitutesH2181אַחֲרֵיהֶם׃'achareihemafter themH310
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- Psalm 106:39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
- Psalm 73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
- Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
- Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Exodus 13:9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Job 31:7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Deuteronomy 29:19And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
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