It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Hebrew writers have generally regarded this as a formal injunction to write the precepts on slips of parchment and to fasten them on the wrists and…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

(9) It shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes. —The practice of we…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a
memorial between your eyes

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

In remembrance of the destruction of the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast, and the deliverance of the Israelites out of bondage, the firs…

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