New English Translation
Deuteronomy 6:9
9Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates.
Deuteronomy 6:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- New International Version (NIV)Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Context of Deuteronomy 6:9
7and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. 8You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead. Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates. 10Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you – a land with large, fine cities you did not build, 11houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – and you eat your fill,
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וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 6:9
- Deuteronomy 11:20Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates
- Exodus 12:7They will take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the doorframe of the houses where they will eat it.
- Job 19:23“O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll,
- Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.
- Isaiah 57:8Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. Indeed, you depart from me and go up and invite them into bed with you. You purchase favors from them, you love their bed, and gaze longingly on their genitals.
- Habakkuk 2:2The Lord responded: “Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates - The Jews, forgetting the spirit and design of this precept, used these things as superstitious people do amulets and charms, and supposed, if they had these passages of Scripture written upon slips of pure parchment, wrapped round their foreheads, tied to their arm, or nailed to their door-posts, that they should then be delivered from every evil! And how much better are many Christians, who keep…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here are means for maintaining and keeping up religion in our hearts and houses. 1. Meditation. God's words must be laid up in our hearts, that our thoughts may be daily employed about them. 2. The religious education of children. Often repeat these things to them. Be careful and exact in teaching thy children. Teach these truths to all who are any way under thy care. 3. Pious discourse. Thou shalt talk of these things with due reverence and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Write them on the doorposts: In later Jewish practice, people placed short passages from Deuteronomy inside a small case called a mezuzah. They attached this case to the doorframes of their homes and other buildings. It became a custom to touch the mezuzah when entering or leaving the house. This act showed respect for Scripture and trust in God’s word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251-9. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them ... whither ye go to possess it--The grand design of all the institutions prescribed to Israel was to form a religious people, whose national character should be distinguished by that fear of the Lord their God which would ensure their divine observance of His worship and their steadfast obedience to His will. The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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