Numbers 15:40

Verse

Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God.

American Standard Version (1901)

that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and be holy to your God.

In this way you'll remember to keep all my commandments and you will be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt to be your God.

King James (Authorized) Version

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

One Unity Resource Bible

that you may remember and do all my mitzvot ·instructions·, and be holy to your God.

Translation for Translators

Seeing those tassels will help you to remember that you must obey all my commands and that you must be ◄my holy people/dedicated to me►.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Do this so that you may call to mind and obey all my commandments, and so that you may be holy, reserved for me, your God.

Noah Webster Bible

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.

World English Bible

so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.

Young's Literal Translation

so that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God;

Context

The Law of Tassels

³⁹These 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.⁴⁰Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God.⁴¹I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.”

Summary

This verse instructs the Israelites to remember and obey God's commandments, rather than following their own desires and being led astray. By keeping God's commandments and being holy to Him, they would be reminded of their covenant relationship with the Lord. The tassels on their garments served as a visual reminder to live in obedience and faithfulness to God's laws. This practice helped the Israelites to maintain their identity as God's chosen people and to walk in His ways, avoiding the temptations of the world.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

I am the Lord your God,.... Their Creator, Preserver, and Benefactor, their Lord and Sovereign, their covenant God and Father: which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; to make it appear that he was their God in a special relation, and that he took the special care and government of them; and which was manifest by the system of laws he gave them to observe, as well as by his provision for them on all accounts, and by his protection of them: I am the Lord your God; who had a right to enact laws, and enjoin the observance of them, as he was the Lord Jehovah; and they were under obligation to regard them, as he was not only their Creator but their covenant God and Father, who had bestowed his favours liberally on them. Next: Numbers Chapter 16