Deuteronomy 6:7

_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._ Thou shalt teach them diligently, х_ WªSHINANTAAM_ (H8150)] - thou shalt sharpen them. It is probable that Moses used the phraseology in the seventh verse merely in a figurative way, to signify assiduous, earnest, and frequent instruction. But the mode of teaching among the Israelites was chiefly oral. They were enjoined to instruct their children from infancy (Isaiah 28:9) in the decalogue and other principal parts of the law, by speaking on every suitable occasion (cf. Deuteronomy 11:18;...

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 seriousness, for the benefit not only of thy children, but of thy servants, thy friends and companions. Take all occasions to discourse with those about thee, not of matters of doubtful disputation, but of the plain truths and laws of God, and the things that belong to our peace. 4. Frequent reading of the word. God appointed them to write sentences of the law upon their walls, and in scrolls of parchment to be worn about their wrists. This see...

Verse Deuteronomy 6:7. _THOU SHALT TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY_] שננתם _shinnantam_, from שנן _shanan_, to _repeat, iterate_, or do a thing _again_ and _again_; hence to _whet_ or _sharpen_ any instrument, which is done by _reiterated friction_ or _grinding_. We see here the spirit of this Divine injunction. God's testimonies must be taught to our children, and the utmost diligence must be used to make them understand them. This is a most difficult task; and it requires much patience, much prudence, much judgment, and much piety in the parents, to enable them to do this good, this most important work, in the best and most effectual manner. See at the end of this chapter. _AND SHALT TALK OF THEM WHEN THOU SITTEST IN THINE HOUSE_] Thou shalt have religion at _home_, as well as in the _temple_ and tab

AND THOU SHALL TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY UNTO THY CHILDREN,.... Care and diligence are to be used, and pains taken, to instruct children, as soon as they are capable, in the knowledge of God, and of his commandments; that they are to love him, fear him, serve, and worship him; this is to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, Ephesians 6:4, it may be rendered "thou shalt whet or sharpen them" s, the words or commandments; it is expressive of diligence and industry in teaching, by frequent repetition of things, by inculcating them continually into their minds, endeavouring to imprint them there, that they may be sharp, ready, and expert in them: AND SHALT TALK OF THEM WHEN THOU SITTEST IN THINE HOUSE; at the time of meals, or at leisure hours, or even when employed in any business in the house which will admit of it; every opportunity should be taken to insti

Deuteronomy 6:1. _Now these are the commandments, the statues, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged._ Obedience to God should arise from the fear of him, or from a holy awe of God felt in the heart, for all true religion must be heart work. It is not the bare action alone at which God looks, but at the motive at the spirit which dictates it. Hence it is always put, «That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments.» Neither are we to be content with keeping commands ourselves. It is the duty of parents to seek the good of their children to

2. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT AND WHAT IT INVOLVES CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Hear, therefore, O Israel! (Deuteronomy 6:1)_ 2. The first commandment (Deuteronomy 6:4) 3. The remembrance of these words and practical obedience (Deuteronomy 6:6) “Hear, O Israel! The LORD our God is one LORD.” Much has been made of this verse by orthodox Jews, who reverence it greatly. They call it the “Shema” after the first word “Hear.” It is often used by Jews and Unitarians to deny the three persons of the Godhead. The Hebrew word “echod” (one), however, excludes forever such a denial, for it means a compound unity. The Hebrew has another word which expresses exactly what Jews and Unitarians, who reject

DEUTERONOMY 6:4 TO DEUTERONOMY 11:32. General precepts resting upon the doctrine that Yahweh is the only true God. Deuteronomy 6:4. Called by Jews the _Shema_ from the first wordHear. The Shema, with other words from Scripture, is written on the parchment in the two phylacteries and in the door mezuzah, but that Deuteronomy 6:8 f. had no reference to such practices is evident from the context and from Exodus 13:9; Proverbs 1:9;...

TEACH. Hebrew "sharpen" or "whet". rub them in by repetition....

The Essential Creed and Duty of Israel, with enforcement of them. Known from its initial word as The _Shĕma-_(_Hear_), this section (along with Deuteronomy 11:13-21 and Numbers 15:37-41) -has been for many ages the first bit of the Bible which Jewish children have learned to say and to read, just as it has for many ages formed the confession of faith among all members of the brotherhood of Judaism" (C. G. Montefiore, _The Bible for Home Reading_, Pt i. 127). The later law required its recital by a Jew twice daily; for particulars see Schürer, _Gesrh. des jüd. Volkes_, § 27 and Appendix (3rd Germ. ed. ii. 459 f.; E.T. Div. ii. Vol. ii. pp. 77, 84). The LXX inserts before it a longish title 1 [125], which shows how late this editorial practice of inserting titles to im

LESSON SIX DEUTERONOMY 6:4-25 2. LOVE TO BE THE MOTIVE FOR OBSERVANCE THE SHEMA (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) 4 Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah: 5 and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 6:4-9 130. These verses are so ver