While this command was no doubt figurative, it would certainly have had no meaning to the average Israelite if he did not know how to read and write.
जबकि यह आज्ञा निःसन्देह प्रतीकात्मक थी, निश्‍चय ही इसका एक सामान्य इस्राएली के लिए कोई अर्थ नहीं होता यदि उसे पढ़ना - लिखना न आता था ।