Frontlets

How Nave’s arranged it

• A leather band worn on the forehead, containing certain commandmentsExodus 13:6–16Deuteronomy 6:1–8Deuteronomy 11:18
• See Phylactery

The passages, in Bible order (3)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 13:6–16

   For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 13:6–162 voices

   “It was, however, only a prospective observance; we read of only one celebration of the passover during the protracted sojourn in the wilderness [Nu 9:5]; but on their settlement in the promised land, the season was hallowed as a sacred anniversary [Jos 5:10], in conformity with the directions here given.

   “Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread,....

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2. Deuteronomy 6:1–8

   These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:1–82 voices

   “The form was as follows: Four pieces of parchment, inscribed, the first with Ex 13:2-10; the second with Ex 13:11-16; the third with De 6:1-8; and the fourth with De 11:18-21, were enclosed in a square case or box of tough skin, on the side of which was placed the Hebrew letter (shin), and bound round the forehead with a thong or ribbon.

   “Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,....

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3. 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.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:182 voices

   “Let our eyes be fixed upon the word of God: Bind them for a sign upon your hand, which is always in view, and as frontlets between your eyes, which you cannot avoid the sight of. Let our tongues be employed about the word of God, especially with our children, who must be taught this, as far more needful than the rules of decency, or the calling they are to live by.

   “Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart, and in your soul,.... Treasure up the laws of God delivered to them in their minds, retain them in their memories, and cherish a cordial affection for them; which would be an antidote against apostasy, idolatry, and other sins, Psa 119:11. and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes; of this and the two following verses; see Gill on Deu 6:7; see Gill on Deu 6:8; see Gill on Deu 6:9.

   Everything gathered on Deuteronomy 11:18→

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