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Door-posts
The Jews were commanded to write the divine name on the posts (mezuzoth’) of their doors (Deut. 6:9). The Jews, misunderstanding this injunction, adopted the custom of writing on a slip of parchment these verses (Deut. 6:4-9, and 11:13-21), which they enclosed in a reed or cylinder and fixed on the right-hand door-post of every room in the house.
In the Bible
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Verses where Door-posts is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Deuteronomy 11:20
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
- Ezekiel 41:16
as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
Scripture on Door-posts
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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