Deuteronomy 6:7

teach them diligently lit. whetor sharpen, Deuteronomy 32:41; make incisive and impress them on thy children; rub them in, Germ. einschärfen. The Eng. metaphorical use of -sharpen" or -whet" (-whet on," -whet forward") has usually for object the mind, not the material employed on it. Yet cp. Shakespeare's

-Thou hid'st a thousand daggers in thy thoughts,

Which thou hast whetted on thy stony heart

To stab at half-an-hour of my frail life."

unto thy children So not only in D, Deuteronomy 6:20; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 11:19, but also J, Exodus 13:8,etc.

talk of them, etc.] Deuteronomy 11:19. With LXX and Sam. read the for thinebefore house.