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Deuteronomy 6:9

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7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

8 Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

10 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

11 with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

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BSB
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
KJV
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
WEB
You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.
ASV
And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
DARBY
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
BLB
And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house, and on your gates.
ÅB
Og du skal skrive dem på dørstolpene i ditt hus og på dine porter.
OTB
Skriv dem på dørstolpene i dine hus og på dine porter.
B1930
Og du skal skrive dem på dørstolpene i ditt hus og på dine porter.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 11:20

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

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  • Isaiah 30:8

    Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

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  • Isaiah 57:8

    Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

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  • Habakkuk 2:2

    Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

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  • Job 19:23–25

    I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

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  • Exodus 12:7

    They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

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