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Hem of the Garment
Morrish Bible Dictionary
or On the hem of the high priest's robe were pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, placed alternately with a golden bell — typifying that fruit and testimony flow from Christ's heavenly position, and are borne and rendered by Christians through abiding in Him. Exodus 28:33,34; Exodus 39:24,26 . All the Israelites were to wear on the border of their garment a riband of blue (the colour of heaven) that they might look upon it and remember the commandments and be holy unto God: typical of the walk of the Christian as being heavenly in its character, not according to this world, but according to the good and perfect and acceptable will of God. Numbers 15:38-40 . The Lord had, alas, to declare that the scribes and Pharisees, among other pretended marks of sanctity, enlarged the borders of their garments to be seen of men. Matthew 23:5 .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Hem of the Garment'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/h/hem-of-the-garment.html. 1897.
