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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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ejected his baptism.<br />

* Comp. St. Matt, xziii. 5. <strong>The</strong> THtnth (^plwralt<br />

TsiUiyath\ or borders (comers, * wings') <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

garments, or ra<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> fringes fastened to <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

<strong>The</strong> observance was based on Numb. zv. 38-41,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jewish practice <strong>of</strong> it is indicated not only<br />

in <strong>the</strong> N.T. (u. s., comp. also St. Matt. iz. 20; ziv.<br />

36) but in <strong>the</strong> Targumim on Numb. xv. 38, 39<br />

(comp. also Targ. Pseudo-Jon. on Numb. xvi. 1, 2,<br />

where <strong>the</strong> peculiar colour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tsitsith is<br />

represented as <strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> controversy<br />

between Moses <strong>and</strong> Korah. But see <strong>the</strong> version <strong>of</strong><br />

this story in Jer. Sanh. z. p. 27 d, end). <strong>The</strong> Tsitsith<br />

were originally directed to be <strong>of</strong> white threads,<br />

with one thread <strong>of</strong> deep blue in each fringe.<br />

According to tradition, each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se white fringes<br />

is to consist <strong>of</strong> eight threads, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m wound<br />

round <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs: first, seven times with a double<br />

knot; <strong>the</strong>n eight times with a 4ouble knot (7 + 8<br />

numerically a x\i)\<br />

<strong>the</strong>n elef>en times with a double knot (11

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