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Deuteronomy 6:8

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

7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

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BSB
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
KJV
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
WEB
You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
ASV
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
DARBY
And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
BLB
And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
ÅB
Og du skal binde dem som et tegn på din hånd, og de skal være som en minneseddel på din panne.
OTB
Bind dem som et tegn på dine hender og la dem være som pannebånd mellom dine øyne.
B1930
Og du skal binde dem som et tegn på din hånd, og de skal være som en minneseddel på din panne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 6:21

    Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:18

    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.

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  • Proverbs 3:3

    Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

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  • Proverbs 7:3

    Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

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  • Exodus 13:9

    And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

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  • Numbers 15:38–39

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

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  • Exodus 13:16

    And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

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  • Hebrews 2:1

    Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

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