5 Everything they do is to make sure they get noticed. They make themselves large prayer boxes23:5. Or "phylacteries." These were leather boxes tied to the forehead and arms containing written texts: Exodus 13:1-6 and Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Deuteronomy 11:13-21. to wear and long tassels on their clothes.23:5. These tassels were to show their devotion to God. See Numbers 15:37-41.