Deuteronomy 6:8

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand,.... As a man ties anything to his hand for a token, that he may remember somewhat he is desirous of; though the Jews understand this literally, of…

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” of…

Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deu 6:4, Deu 6:5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they…

thou shalt bind them for a sign … for frontlets, etc.] See for the exact meanings the notes on Exo 13:9; Exo 13:16. As there, so here probably the injunction is to be taken metaphorically and not…