20And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? …
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? …
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)Here, I. Moses charges them to keep God’s commandments themselves: You shall diligently keep God’s commandments , Deut. 6:17-19. Note, It requires a great deal of care and pains to keep up religion in the power of it in our hearts and lives. Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence. To induce them to this, he here shows them, 1. That this would be very acceptable to God: i…
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