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Keeping Witnesses of the Truth ( Bind them as a sign on your hand , they are to be as frontlets between your eyes )
Generational Responsibilities ( You are to teach them diligently to your children ).
By summarizing the 10 Commandments into the Sh ’ ma , Moses is showing that all of the 10 Commandments are about the sins in our hearts first . Generally , the outward sins in our behavior are the only determinants whereby humans can be given authority to judge . The 10 Commandments are focused on the outward behaviors that human judges can reasonably judge because the available evidence is the outward behavior and the words that people speak .
The Torah is generally given in a way that humans can act as judges to differentiate sin from righteousness . Only Adonai can properly judge the intentions of the heart alongside outward actions , but enough is revealed in scripture and through the power of the Holy Spirit for proper human execution of justice . As it says in Deut . 29:28 – “ The secret things belong to ADONAI our God , but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever – in order to do all the words of this Torah .” Moses understood the whole purpose was about the matters of the heart as there are around 50 references to the heart in Deuteronomy .
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