Deuteronomio 6:9

9 Scrivile ancora sopra gli stipiti della tua casa, e sopra le tue porte.

Deuteronomio 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:9

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house, and on
thy gates.
] To put them in mind of them when they went out and came in, that they might be careful to observe them; this the Jews take literally also, and write in a scroll of parchment this section with some passages; and, as the Targum of Jonathan here, fix them in three places, over against the bed chamber, upon the posts of the house, and on the gate at the right hand of it; and this is what they call the Mezuzah; and the account given of it is this. In a parchment prepared for the purpose, they write the words in ( Deuteronomy 6:4-9 ) ( 11:13-20 ) and then roll up the parchment, and write on it "Shaddai"; and put it either into a cane (or reed), or else into a like hollow piece of wood, and so fasten it to the wall on the posts of the door at the right hand of entrance; and thus, as often as they go in and out, they make it a part of their devotion to touch this parchment, and kiss it ^F20.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Buxtorf. Synag. Jud. c. 31. p. 582 Leo Modena's History of the Rites and Customs of the Jews, par. 1. c. 2. p. 5, 6.

Deuteronomio 6:9 In-Context

7 e inculcale a’ tuoi figliuoli, e ragionane quando tu sarai a sedere in casa tua, e quando tu camminerai per via, e quando tu giacerai, e quando tu ti leverai.

8 E legale per segnale, in su la tua mano, e sieno per frontali fra’ tuoi occhi.

9 Scrivile ancora sopra gli stipiti della tua casa, e sopra le tue porte.

10 E quando il Signore Iddio tuo ti avrà introdotto nel paese, del quale egli ha giurato a’ tuoi padri, ad Abrahamo, a Isacco, e a Giacobbe, ch’egli te lo darebbe, nelle città grandi e belle, le quali tu non hai edificate;

11 e nelle case piene d’ogni bene, le quali tu non hai empiute; e a’ pozzi cavati, che tu non hai cavati; e alle vigne, e agli uliveti, che tu non hai piantati; e tu avrai mangiato, e sarai sazio;