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Deuteronomy 6:9 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”

Deuteronomy 6:9

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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. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}

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And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

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And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

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And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

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And houses full of all good {things}, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

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