8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-16)Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deut. 6:4 , 5 . These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they write it in their phylacteries, and think themselves not only obliged to say it at least twice every day, but very happy in being so obliged, having this saying among them, Blessed are we, who every morning…
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