King James Version
Deuteronomy 11:20 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:”
Deuteronomy 11:20 · KJV
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt write”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of thine house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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