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Deuteronomy 11:18

11:17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
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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Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

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.

Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

What does Deuteronomy 11:18 mean?

Deuteronomy 11:18 is a verse in the book of Deuteronomy, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), דָּבָר (dâbâr), לֵבָב (lêbâb). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Therefore
shall
ye
lay
upשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
these
my
wordsדָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
in
your
heartלֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);
and
in
your
soul,נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
and
bindקָשַׁרqâshar/kaw-shar'/H7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
them
for
a
signאוֹתʼôwth/oth/H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
upon
your
hand,יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
that
they
may
be
as
frontletsטוֹפָפָהṭôwphâphâh/to-faw-faw'/H2903a fillet for the forehead
between
your
eyes.עַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18

HENRY_FULL · Deuteronomy 11:18
In this chapter we have the second edition of the ten commandments. I. The general intent of them; they were in the nature of a covenant between God and Israel, ver. 1-5 . II. The particular precepts are repeated ( ver. 6-21 ), with the double delivery of them, both by word and writing, ver. 22 . III. The settling of the correspondence thenceforward between God and Israel, by the mediation and ministry of Moses. 1. It was Israel's humble petition that it might be so, ver. 23-27 . 2. It was God's gracious grant that it should be so, ver. 28-31 . And hence he infers the obligation they were under to obedience, ver. 32, 33 .

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Exodus 24:8

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Deuteronomy 4:23

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

Hebrews 8:6

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. covenant: or, testament

Hebrews 9:19

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, scarlet: or, purple

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Deuteronomy 11:18.

Deuteronomy 6:8

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

Genesis 24:9

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

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.

Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 22:6

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

Genesis 24:30

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Genesis 24:33

And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

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What does Deuteronomy 11:18 say?

Deuteronomy 11:18 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Deuteronomy 11:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Deuteronomy 11:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Deuteronomy.

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