Numbers 15:38

Fringes were certain threads or ends of their garments, standing out a little further than the rest of their garments, left there for this use. In the borders, i.e. in the four borders or quarters, as it is Deuteronomy 22:12. Heb. wings, which is oft used for borders or ends, as Ruth 3:9 1 Samuel 15:27, 1 Samuel 24:5, &c. Of their garments, i.e. of their upper garment, or that wherewith they covered themselves, as is expressed Deuteronomy 22:12. This was practised by the Pharisees in Christ's time, who are noted for making their borders larger than ordinary, Matthew 23:5; and by Christ himself, as may gathered from Luke 8:44. A riband, to make it more obvious to the sight, and consequently more serviceable to the use here mentioned. Of blue, or, of a purple colour, as the Jewish writers agree, whose opinion is the more considerable, because it was matter of constant practice among them.