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A reminder to Israel that God is one. – A warning against idolatry and an invitation to true worship. Deut.6:8. and bind them as a sign on your hand, and let them be a blindfold over your eyes, Deut.6:9. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Wed. Ref. 13.9, 16; Deut 11.18, 20 . The literal understanding of the advice of Moses indicated here introduced into the custom among Jews the use of the so-called mezuzahs and tefillin. Mezuzahs are sacred inscriptions on the doorposts of houses; tefillin - boxes containing excerpts from the Holy Scriptures, attached to the hands and forehead (gospel “storehouses”, Matthew 23.5). Deut.6:13. Fear the Lord your God, and serve Him alone, and cleave to Him, and swear by His name. “And by His name shalt swear” Bearing in mind the prohibition of the 3rd commandment, it must be assumed that in this place permission is given to use an oath only in important cases, when the oath is the only and highest confirmation of the truth. In addition, the commented expression, in the opinion of Blessed. Theodoret, warns against the possibility of using the names of pagan peoples in an oath. “The law commands one to swear by God,” says the church teacher, “so that the Israelites do not swear by false gods” (Text to the book Deut., issue 4). Deut.6:16. Do not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him at Mass. For Massa and Meribah, see Ex. 17.1–7; about Meribah at Kadesh - Num. 20.1–13; Number 27.14; Deut 32.51. Deut.6:20. If your son asks you at a later time, saying, “What are these statutes, decrees, and laws, which the Lord your God commanded you?” Deut.6:21. Then say to your son: “We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord [God] brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand [and an outstretched arm], Deut.6:22. and the Lord [God] showed signs and great wonders and plagues over Egypt, over Pharaoh, and over all his house [and over his army] before our eyes; Deut.6:23. and [the Lord our God] brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land which [the Lord our God] swore to our fathers [to give us]; Deut.6:24. and the Lord commanded us to fulfill all these statutes, so that we might fear the Lord our God, so that it would go well with us always, in order to preserve our lives, as now; See Ref. 12:25–27, 13:8, 14–15. You might be interested in: