“ And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. ”
By adopting and regulating customary usages (e. g. Egyptian) Moses provides at once a check on superstition and a means of keeping the Divine Law in memory. On the “frontlets,” the “phylacteries” o...
And thou shalt write them upon the (d) posts of thy house, and on thy gates. (d) That when you enter in you may remember them.
Deuteronomy 6:4 to Deuteronomy 11:32 . General precepts resting upon the doctrine that Yahweh is the only true God. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 . Called by Jews the Shema from the first wordHear. Th...
write. See note on Exodus 17:4 and App-47. posts . door-posts. Hebrew. mezuza. Used to-day, for cases containing the Phylactery.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. Write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates - The Jews, forgetting the spirit and design of this precept, used th...
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Practical Exhortations To the repetition of the Decalogue Moses adds in the following Chapter s a practical exhortation to obedience founded on the special relation of Jehovah to Israel as their R...
EDUCATION-MOSAIC VIEW Deuteronomy 6:6-25 THOSE great verses, Deuteronomy 6:4-5 , form the central truth of the book. Everything else in it proceeds from and is informed by them, and they are d...
How to Treat God's Words Deuteronomy 6:1-19 Obedience is still the one condition of true prosperity and success. Lands still flow with milk and honey; and they live long who live well. Lives ar...
The appeal of Moses was now elaborated in a great statement on the deepest value of the commandment and the corresponding responsibilities of the people Observe the peculiar form of the opening state...
Observe, how the man of GOD speaks with confidence of the people's possessing Canaan, as if it were already in possession. Reader! do not overlook the sweet property of faith. And why should not true...
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house, and on thy gates. To put them in mind of them when they went out and came in, that they might be careful to observe them; this the Jews take...
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. Ver. 9. And on thy gates. ] In a foolish imitation whereof, the English Jesuits beyond sea have written on their church and...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (vs.1-9) The ten commandments have been reaffirmed in chapter 5; now Moses emphasizes and enlarges upon the significance of the four commandments, which we have seen deal...
Cautions and Precepts. B. C. 1451. 4 Hear, O Israel: The L ORD our God is one L ORD...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Essence Of The Covenant Is Love For Yahweh And They Must Look To No One Else ( Deuteronomy 6:4-15 ). For in this is the essence of the covenant, that they might recognise Yahweh as their one...
CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses had rehearsed the law, reminded the people of the circumstances in which it was given, and now he sets forth its essential and fundamental doctrines, the nature and attributes...
Deuteronomy 6:1-2 . Now these are the commandments, the statues, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: Th...
Deuteronomy 6:4 . יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד, Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah. There is uniformly an elision of the letter ם mem, when the plural is associated with the noun; and the י yod is not...
These words. .. shall be in thine heart. The Scriptures to be laid to heart, and diligently taught I. The words concerning which the command is given, their nature and importance. 1. Their s...
The Emphatic Admonition
Deuteronomy 11:20 ; Exodus 12:7 ; Habakkuk 2:2 ; Isaiah 30:8 ; Isaiah 57:8 ; Job 19:23-25