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Deuteronomy 11:18

God's wordObedienceParents and children

16 But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

17 or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

19 Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

20 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

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BSB
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
KJV
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
WEB
Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
ASV
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
DARBY
And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
BLB
And you⁺ shall place these words of mine in your⁺ heart and in your⁺ soul, and bind them as a sign on your⁺ hands, and they shall be as frontlets between your⁺ eyes.
ÅB
Så legg dere da disse mine ord på hjerte og på sinne og bind dem som et tegn på deres hånd og la dem være som en minneseddel på deres panne
OTB
Derfor, ta disse ordene mine til hjerte og sjel; bind dem som tegn på deres hender og bind dem på deres panner.
B1930
Så legg eder da disse mine ord på hjerte og på sinne og bind dem som et tegn på eders hånd og la dem være som en minneseddel på eders panne

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