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The Greatest Commandment

Deuteronomy 6:8

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes,
YLT
and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,
DBY
And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
DRC
And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.
GNV
And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.
JPS
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
LXXE
And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀφάψεις αὐτὰ εἰς σημεῖον ἐπὶ τῆς χειρός σου, καὶ ἔσται ἀσάλευτον πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 6:21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
  • Deuteronomy 11:18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
  • Proverbs 3:3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
  • Proverbs 7:3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
  • Exodus 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
  • Exodus 13:16So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
  • Numbers 15:38–39“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. These will serve as tassels for…
  • Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
  • Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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