Deuteronomy 6:7 (DRB)

Passage

And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.

Deuteronomy 6:6 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart:

Deuteronomy 6:7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising.

Deuteronomy 6:8 And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.

Deuteronomy 6:9 And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy house.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "shalt", "tell", "children", "meditate", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "shalt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And these words which I command thee..." into verse 8's "And thou shalt bind them as a...", so "thou" and "shalt" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "shalt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.