KJV King James Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
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Deuteronomy 6:8
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
WEB World English Bible
You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 6
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
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.
8 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,
11 And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
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Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.Deuteronomy 11:18Therefore 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.Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:Proverbs 7:3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.Exodus 13:9And 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.Numbers 15:38-39Speak 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:Exodus 13:16And 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.Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,Hebrews 2:1Therefore 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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