It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. And it, and so forth The festivals appointed by God and his Church, naturally remind us of the favours which we have received, and help us to meditate on the law. Bible.—The Jews, understanding the precept literally, write verses taken from this chapter, and Deuteronomy 6 and 11 upon parchment, and bind these tephilins, or phylacteries, on their forehead. But if these scrolls were requisite, why do they not also put them in their mouth and in their heart? Jesus Christ condemns the vanity of the Pharisees, who wore these bandages extremely large. Matthew 23:5. The Mahometans teach their scholars, by writing the Coran upon a tablet, and exposing it to their view: ( Calmet.) a plan lately introduced in England with great success by Mr. Lancaster.