Phylactery

How Nave’s arranged it

• A small box containing slips of parchment on which there were written portions of the lawExodus 13:9Exodus 13:16Deuteronomy 6:4–9Deuteronomy 11:18
• Worn ostentatiously by the Jews upon the head and left armMatthew 23:5

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 13:9

   It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 13:91 voice

   “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 forehead; but other commentators are generally agreed that it is to be understood metaphorically. The words appear to be put into the mouths of the parents. They were to keep all the facts of the Passover constantly in mind, and, referring to a custom prevalent ages before Moses in Egypt, to have them present as though they were inscribed on papyrus or parchment fastened on the wrists, or on the face between the eyes.

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2. Exodus 13:16

   So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 13:161 voice

   “Mercies to our fathers are mercies to us; we reap the benefit of them, and therefore must keep up a grateful remembrance of them. We stand upon the bottom of former deliverances, and were in the loins of our ancestors when they were delivered. Much more reason have we to say that in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we were redeemed.

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3. Deuteronomy 6:4–9

   Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:4–92 voices

   “Such too was the teaching of the law: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord," that is, unchangeable, always abiding in unity of power, always the same and not altered by any accession or diminution. Therefore Moses called him one.

   “Hear, O Israel - שמע ישראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד shema Yisrael, Yehovah Eloheinu, Yehovah achad. These words may be variously rendered into English; but almost all possible verbal varieties in the translation (and there can be none other) amount to the same sense: “Israel, hear!

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4. Deuteronomy 11:18

   Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

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5. Matthew 23:5

   All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 23:52 voices

   “Their phylacteries - The word “phylactery” comes from a word signifying to keep, preserve, or guard. The name was given because phylacteries were worn as amulets or charms, and were supposed to defend or preserve those who wore them from evil. They were small slips of parchment or vellum, on which were written certain portions of the Old Testament.

   “But all their works they do for to be seen of men--Whatever good they do, or zeal they show, has but one motive--human applause. they make broad their phylacteries--strips of parchment with Scripture-texts on them, worn on the forehead, arm, and side, in time of prayer. and enlarge the borders of their garments--fringes of their upper garments (Nu 15:37-40).

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