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Contemporary English Version

Deuteronomy 6:8

Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Children;   Commandments;   Frontlets;   Instruction;   Law;   Legends (Inscriptions);   Obedience;   Phylactery;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Word;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Teaching;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Schoolmaster;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Child;   Deuteronomy;   Education;   Family;   Moses;   Parents;   Phylacteries;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Education in Bible Times;   Israel;   King, Christ as;   Spirituality;   Work;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Door-Posts;   Frontlets;   Phylacteries;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Earrings;   Frontlets;   Pharisees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Divine Retribution;   Frontlets;   Life;   Mezuzah;   Shema;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Eye;   House;   Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Marks;   Ornaments;   Phylacteries, Frontlets;   Righteousness;   Synagogue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Border ;   Boyhood ;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Phylacteries ;   Synagogue;   Synagogue (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Frontlet;   Phylactery;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - frontlet;   phylacteries;   tephillim;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Frontlets;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Phylactery;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Sign;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Frontlets;   Phylacteries;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amulet;   Bind;   Catechist;   Door;   Frontlets;   Phylactery;   Synagogue;   Teach;   Worship;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Amulet;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bibliomancy;   Ceremonies and the Ceremonial Law;   Commandments, the 613;   Decalogue, the, in Jewish Theology;   Demonology;   Education;   Karaites and Karaism;   Liturgy;   Ma'arib;   Mezuzah;   Pharisees;   Phylacteries;   Prayer;   Shema';   Symbol;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
King James Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as an emblem between your eyes.
English Standard Version
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
New Century Version
Write them down and tie them to your hands as a sign. Tie them on your forehead to remind you,
New English Translation
You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead.
Amplified Bible
"And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand (forearm), and they shall be used as bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall also tie them as a sign to your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes.
Complete Jewish Bible
Tie them on your hand as a sign, put them at the front of a headband around your forehead,
Darby Translation
And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Easy-to-Read Version
Tie them on your hands and wear them on your foreheads to help you remember my teachings.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as a token between your eyes.
Good News Translation
Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.
Christian Standard Bible®
Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead.
Literal Translation
And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand; and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thou shalt bynde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shall be a token of remebraunce before thine eyes,
American Standard Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Bible in Basic English
Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shalbe as frontlettes betweene thine eyes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Berean Standard Bible
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt bynde tho as a signe in thin hond; and tho schulen be, and schulen be moued bifor thin iyen; and thou schalt write tho in the lyntel,
Young's Literal Translation
and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,
Update Bible Version
And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thy eyes.
World English Bible
You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
New King James Version
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
New Living Translation
Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.
New Life Bible
Tie them as something special to see on your hand and on your forehead.
New Revised Standard
Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, - and they shall serve for bands between thine eyes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

Contextual Overview

4The Most Important Commandment Moses said to Israel: The Lord told me to give you these laws and teachings, so you can obey them in the land he is giving you. Soon you will cross the Jordan River and take that land. And if you and your descendants want to live a long time, you must always worship the Lord and obey his laws. Pay attention, Israel! Our ancestors worshiped the Lord , and he promised to give us this land that is rich with milk and honey. Be careful to obey him, and you will become a successful and powerful nation. Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only true God! 5 So love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength. 6 Memorize his laws 7 and tell them to your children over and over again. Talk about them all the time, whether you're at home or walking along the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning. 8 Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them. 9 Write these laws on the door frames of your homes and on your town gates. 10 Moses said to Israel: The Lord promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you this land. Now he will take you there and give you large towns, with good buildings that you didn't build, 11 and houses full of good things that you didn't put there. The Lord will give you wells that you didn't have to dig, and vineyards and olive orchards that you didn't have to plant. But when you have eaten so much that you can't eat any more, 12 don't forget it was the Lord who set you free from slavery and brought you out of Egypt. 13 Worship and obey the Lord your God with fear and trembling, and promise that you will be loyal to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 11:18, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 13:16, Numbers 15:38, Numbers 15:39, Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 6:21, Proverbs 7:3, Matthew 23:5, Hebrews 2:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 50:1 - fell Deuteronomy 27:3 - a land Revelation 13:16 - or

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.
Psalms 84:11
Our Lord and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honor, never denying any good thing to those who live right.
Psalms 145:20
You take care of everyone who loves you, but you destroy the wicked.
Proverbs 3:4
God and people will like you and consider you a success.
Proverbs 8:35
By finding me, you find life, and the Lord will be pleased with you.
Proverbs 12:2
The Lord likes everyone who lives right, but he punishes everyone who makes evil plans.
Jeremiah 31:2
In the desert I was kind to those who escaped death. I gave them peace, and when the time is right, I'll do the same for you. I, the Lord , have spoken.
Luke 1:30
Then the angel told Mary, "Don't be afraid! God is pleased with you,
Acts 7:46
He pleased God and asked him if he could build a house of worship for the people of Israel.
Romans 4:4
Money paid to workers isn't a gift. It is something they earn by working.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand,.... As a man ties anything to his hand for a token, that he may remember somewhat he is desirous of; though the Jews understand this literally, of binding a scroll of parchment, with this section and others written in it, upon their left hand, as the Targum of Jonathan here interprets the hand:

and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes; and which the same Targum interprets of the Tephilim, or phylacteries, which the Jews wear upon their foreheads, and on their arms, and so Jarchi; of which

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By adopting and regulating customary usages (e. g. Egyptian) Moses provides at once a check on superstition and a means of keeping the Divine Law in memory. On the “frontlets,” the “phylacteries” of the New Test. Matthew 23:5, see Exodus 13:16. On Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20 is based the Jewish usage of the mezuzah. This word denotes properly a door-post, as it is rendered here and in Exodus 12:7, Exodus 12:22; Exodus 21:6 etc. Among the Jews however, it is the name given to the square piece of parchment, inscribed with Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Deuteronomy 11:13-21, which is rolled up in a small cylinder of wood or metal, and affixed to the right-hand post of every door in a Jewish house. The pious Jew touches the mezuzah on each occasion of passing, or kisses his finger, and speaks Psalms 121:8 in the Hebrew language.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 6:8. Thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thins hand — Is not this an allusion to an ancient and general custom observed in almost every part of the world? When a person wishes to remember a thing of importance, and is afraid to trust to the common operations of memory, he ties a knot on some part of his clothes, or a cord on his hand or finger, or places something out of its usual order, and in view, that his memory may be whetted to recollection, and his eye affect his heart. God, who knows how slow of heart we are to understand, graciously orders us to make use of every help, and through the means of things sensible, to rise to things spiritual.

And they shall be as frontlets — טטפת totaphoth seems to have the same meaning as phylacteries has in the New Testament; and for the meaning and description of these appendages to a Jew's dress and to his religion, see the notes on "Exodus 13:9", and See "Matthew 23:5", where a phylactery is particularly described.


 
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