Deu 6:8 | TNotes | STEP | 6:8 Tie them: The Lord’s commandments (6:6 ) were to be as interwoven into the hearts and minds of children as though they were tied to them. Eventually, this figurative phrase in Judaism was practiced literally by wrapping the forearm with cords representing the Torah (see study note on 4:44). • wear them: This figure of speech was represented literally in later Judaism by a small box containing a few brief Torah texts. The box and its contents (Hebrew tefillin; Greek phylactery ) were reminders of the need to teach and obey the covenant (cp. 11:18 ; Matt 23:5 ).

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‏ Deuteronomy 6:8

6:8 ^a Tie them: The Lord’s commandments (6:6 ^b) were to be as interwoven into the hearts and minds of children as though they were tied to them. Eventually, this figurative phrase in Judaism was practiced literally by wrapping the forearm with cords representing the Torah (see study note on 4:44).

• wear them: This figure of speech was represented literally in later Judaism by a small box containing a few brief Torah texts. The box and its contents (Hebrew tefillin; Greek phylactery) were reminders of the need to teach and obey the covenant (cp. 11:18 ^c; Matt 23:5 ^d).