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Numbers 15:40

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 15:40 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
Numbers 15:40 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 15

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
37And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
39and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;
40that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“That ye may remember and do all my commandments, etc.] Which is repeated, that the end and use of these fringes might be particularly taken notice of, and attended to; that so they might not satisfy themselves with and rest in this ceremony of wearing the fringes, but be found in the observance of every moral precept, and of every religious ordinance and duty: and be holy unto your God: as in his presence, according to his will, and for his honour and glory, by keeping his holy commands, and living an holy life and conversation, well pleasing in his sight.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Be ye holy - Purged from sin and sincerely devoted to God. Numbers 15:41”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“be holy: Lev 11:44, Lev 11:45, Lev 19:2; Rom 12:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:2; Th1 4:7; Pe1 1:15, Pe1 1:16 Numbers 15:41”
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