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Deuteronomy 6:9
9Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your 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
7Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. 10“The Lord your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build. 11The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land,
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וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 6:9
- Deuteronomy 11:20Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
- Exodus 12:7They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
- Job 19:23“Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
- Isaiah 30:8Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness
- Isaiah 57:8You have put pagan symbols on your doorposts and behind your doors. You have left me and climbed into bed with these detestable gods. You have committed yourselves to them. You love to look at their naked bodies.
- Habakkuk 2:2Then the Lord said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
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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