“Speak 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 the borders a ribband of blue:”
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God' — the covenant identity formula frames the tassels in relation to the foundational act of salvation (the Exodus) and the ongoing relationship ('to be your God'). The doubled statement 'I am the LORD your God' solemnizes the covenant bond that the tassels represent.
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