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For the LORD brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. <a href="/nlt/exodus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the LORD: ‘With a strong hand, the LORD rescued you from Egypt.’ <a href="/esv/exodus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/bsb/exodus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> It 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. <a href="/kjv/exodus/13.htm">King James Bible</a> And 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/13.htm">New King James Version</a> It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/nasb/exodus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/lsb/exodus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And it will be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/amp/exodus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> It shall serve as a sign to you on your hand (arm), and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the instruction (law) of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/csb/exodus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the LORD’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the LORD&#8217s instruction may be in your mouth; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand. <a href="/asv/exodus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt. <a href="/cev/exodus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> This celebration will be like wearing a sign on your hand or on your forehead, because then you will pass on to others the teaching of the LORD, whose mighty power brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/erv/exodus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. <a href="/gwt/exodus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This [festival] will be [like] a mark on your hand or a reminder on your forehead that the teachings of the LORD are [always] to be a part of your conversation. Because the LORD used his mighty hand to bring you out of Egypt, <a href="/gnt/exodus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> This observance will be a reminder, like something tied on your hand or on your forehead; it will remind you to continue to recite and study the Law of the LORD, because the LORD brought you out of Egypt by his great power. <a href="/isv/exodus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> It is to be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that you may speak about the instruction of the LORD; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong show of force. <a href="/msb/exodus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> It 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. <a href="/net/exodus/13.htm">NET Bible</a> It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/nheb/exodus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/wbt/exodus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it shall be for a sign to thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thy eyes; that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. <a href="/web/exodus/13.htm">World English Bible</a> It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and it has been to you for a sign on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, so that the Law of YHWH is in your mouth, for by a strong hand YHWH has brought you out from Egypt; <a href="/ylt/exodus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt; <a href="/slt/exodus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it was to thee for a sign upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes; so that the law of Jehovah shall be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand Jehovah brought thee forth out of Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thy eyes: and that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And it will be like a sign in your hand and like a memorial before your eyes. And so may the law of the Lord be always in your mouth. For with a strong hand, the Lord led you away from the land of Egypt. <a href="/nabre/exodus/13.htm">New American Bible</a> It will be like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the LORD will be on your lips: with a strong hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the LORD may be on your lips; for with a strong hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And it shall be to you for a sign. a token of remembrance upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it will be a sign to you on your hand and a remembrance between your eyes, so that the law of LORD JEHOVAH will be in your mouth, because by a mighty hand LORD JEHOVAH brought you out from Egypt.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. <a href="/sep/exodus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it shall be to thee a sign upon thy hand and a memorial before thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God brought thee out of Egypt. <a href="/parallel/exodus/13-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3246" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/13.htm">The Dedication of the Firstborn</a> …8And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">It shall be</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: lə·’ō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-cs) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">a sign</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">for you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">your hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/2146.htm" title="2146: ū·lə·zik·kā·rō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Memorial, remembrance. From zakar; a memento.">and a reminder</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">on your forehead</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·ne·ḵā (N-cdc:: 2ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">the Law</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">is to be</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: bə·p̄î·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">on your lips.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2389.htm" title="2389: ḥă·zā·qāh (Adj-fs) -- Strong, stout, mighty. From chazaq; strong.">with a mighty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yāḏ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hō·w·ṣi·’ă·ḵā (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">brought you out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt.</a> 10Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8</a> Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18</a> Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14</a> And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come. <a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Exodus 12:24-27</a> And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants. / When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service. / When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ ... <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Numbers 15:39</a> These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Deuteronomy 4:9</a> Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a> These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / 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. <a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">Joshua 4:6-7</a> to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ / you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.” <a href="/psalms/78-4.htm">Psalm 78:4-7</a> We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed. / For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, / that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children ... <a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a> I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3</a> Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. <a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21</a> Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. <a href="/isaiah/8-16.htm">Isaiah 8:16</a> Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples. <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a> “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. <a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Matthew 23:5</a> All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD's law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt.a sign.<a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Exodus 13:16</a> 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.<a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14</a> And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.<a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Numbers 15:39</a> And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:may be<a href="/deuteronomy/30-14.htm">Deuteronomy 30:14</a> But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.<a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Joshua 1:8</a> This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.<a href="/isaiah/59-21.htm">Isaiah 59:21</a> As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.strong hand<a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3</a> And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.<a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">Exodus 6:1</a> Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.<a href="/joshua/1-9.htm">Joshua 1:9</a> Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/13-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/12-36.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/revelation/20-4.htm">Forehead</a> <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Law</a> <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/exodus/9-35.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-42.htm">Observance</a> <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm">Reminder</a> <a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/exodus/12-13.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/exodus/10-19.htm">Strong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Forehead</a> <a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Law</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/exodus/15-12.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Observance</a> <a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-24.htm">Reminder</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Strong</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 13</div>1. <a href="/exodus/13-1.htm">The firstborn are sanctified to God</a> 3. <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">The memorial of the Passover is commanded</a> 11. <a href="/exodus/13-11.htm">The firstborn of man and beast are set apart</a> 17. <a href="/exodus/13-17.htm">The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them.</a> 20. <a href="/exodus/13-20.htm">They come to Etham</a> 21. <a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>It shall be a sign for you on your hand This phrase indicates a physical and symbolic reminder of God's deliverance. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, physical signs or marks were often used to signify allegiance or identity. The hand represents action and work, suggesting that the Israelites' daily activities should reflect their covenant with God. This concept is echoed in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8</a>, where binding God's commandments on the hand symbolizes living out His laws in everyday life.and a reminder on your forehead The forehead symbolizes thought and consciousness. In biblical times, the forehead was considered the seat of one's identity and character. This phrase suggests that the Israelites should constantly keep God's laws in their minds. <a href="/revelation/14.htm">Revelation 14:1</a> references the name of God written on the foreheads of the faithful, indicating ownership and dedication to God. The practice of wearing phylacteries, small boxes containing scripture, by some Jewish communities is a literal interpretation of this command.that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips This emphasizes the importance of verbal proclamation and teaching of God's laws. The lips represent speech, and this phrase underscores the necessity of speaking and sharing God's commandments. <a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Joshua 1:8</a> highlights the importance of meditating on the law day and night, ensuring it is always spoken and remembered. This practice helps to internalize God's word, making it a guiding principle in life.For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt This phrase recalls the powerful and miraculous acts God performed to deliver the Israelites from slavery. The "mighty hand" signifies God's strength and intervention in human history. The Exodus is a foundational event in Israel's history, symbolizing salvation and redemption. It prefigures the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who, by His death and resurrection, brings believers out of the bondage of sin. This deliverance is celebrated annually in the Passover, a lasting ordinance for the Jewish people, and is also reflected in the Christian understanding of salvation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. He is the one conveying God's instructions to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were enslaved in Egypt and are being led to freedom by Moses. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites were enslaved for 400 years. It represents bondage and oppression. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_exodus.htm">The Exodus</a> The event of God delivering the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, demonstrating His power and faithfulness. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_law_of_the_lord.htm">The Law of the LORD</a> Refers to the commandments and instructions given by God to His people, which they are to remember and follow.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembrance.htm">The Importance of Remembrance</a> The physical act of having a sign on the hand and forehead serves as a constant reminder of God's deliverance and His commandments. In our lives, we should find ways to continually remind ourselves of God's presence and His word. <a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a> Just as God delivered the Israelites with a mighty hand, He delivers us from sin through Jesus Christ. Reflect on the ways God has shown His power and faithfulness in your life. <a href="/topical/l/living_out_god's_law.htm">Living Out God's Law</a> The law being on the lips signifies speaking and living out God's commandments. We are called to not only know God's word but to actively live it out in our daily interactions. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_and_practice.htm">Symbolism and Practice</a> While the physical signs were important for the Israelites, the underlying principle is the internalization of God's word. Consider how you can internalize and practice God's teachings in your life. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_tradition.htm">The Role of Tradition</a> The practice of remembering God's law was passed down through generations. Reflect on the traditions in your life that help you remember and honor God's word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 13</a> <a href="/q/evidence_israelites_bound_commands_then.htm">Exodus 13:9 – Is there any historical evidence that Israelites literally bound these commands on their hands or foreheads at this time? </a> <a href="/q/how_did_magicians_do_miracles.htm">How did Pharaoh's magicians perform miracles?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'hand_of_god'_mean.htm">What does "Hand of God" mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_rite.htm">What defines a rite?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) It shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes.--The practice of wearing tephillin, or "phylacteries," is referred by the Jews themselves to the time of the Exodus, and regarded by them as resting on the present passage, together with <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm" title="And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.">Deuteronomy 6:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm" title="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.">Deuteronomy 11:18</a>. These phylacteries consist of small strips of parchment, on which are written certain passages from the Law--viz., <a href="/context/exodus/13-2.htm" title="Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.">Exodus 13:2-10</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/6-4.htm" title="Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:">Deuteronomy 6:4-9</a>, and <a href="/context/deuteronomy/11-13.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,">Deuteronomy 11:13-21</a>--and which are then folded tight, placed in small boxes, and attached by bands to the left wrist and the forehead at the hours of prayer. It is well known that a similar custom prevailed in Egypt (Wilkinson, Ancient Egyptians, <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm" title="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.">Deuteronomy 11:18</a>). [Dean Plumptre notices, in his Commentary on the Temptation (St. Matt.), that our Blessed Lord used against the adversary quotations from the Scriptures forming these very Tephillin.] . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes. There can be no doubt that the Jewish system of tephillin, or "phylacteries," grew mainly out of this passage, and was intended as a fulfilment of the commands contained in it. The tephillin were strips of parchment with passages of Scripture written upon them and deposited in small boxes, which were fastened by a strap either to the left arm, or across the forehead. The modern Jews argue that they were what Moses here intended, and that their employment began from this time. Some Christian commentators agree with them. But the great majority argue, from supposed probability and from the entire absence of any reference to the actual wearing of tephillin in the Old Testament, that the custom must be, comparatively speaking, a modern one. It is generally supposed to have originated, with other superstitious practices, in the time of the Babylonish captivity. Those who take this view regard the words of Moses in the present passage as merely metaphorical, and compare them with <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3</a>; <a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21</a>; <a href="/proverbs/7-3.htm">Proverbs 7:3</a>. Kalisch, however, observes with reason, that if the injunction to write passages of the Law on the door-posts of their houses (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-9.htm">Deuteronomy 6:9</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/11-20.htm">Deuteronomy 11:20</a>) was intended to be understood literally, and was literally carried out (<a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a>), the commands with respect to tephillin, which are coupled with them (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18</a>) must have been similarly intended. And probability, which is said to be against the Mosaic origin of tephillin, may perhaps rather be urged in its favour. The Egyptian practice Of wearing as amulets "forms of words written on folds of papyrus tightly rolled up and sewn in linen" (Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians, vol. 3. p. 364) is well attested. Would it not be in harmony with the general character of his legislation, that Moses should adopt and regulate the custom, employing it to do honour to the Law and keep it in remembrance, without perhaps purging it wholly from superstitious ideas? Moses allowed the Israelites in many things "for the hardness of their hearts," content if he could introduce some improvement without insisting at once on an impracticable perfection. That the law of the Lord may be in thy month. The Israelites are instructed from the first, that the tephillin are to be a means to an end; and that the end is to be the retention of God's law in their recollection - " in their mouth," and therefore in their heart, since "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." <a href="/commentaries/exodus/13-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>It shall be וְהָיָה֩ (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be a sign לְא֜וֹת (lə·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence for you לְךָ֨ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against your hand יָדְךָ֗ (yā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand and a reminder וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙ (ū·lə·zik·kā·rō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2146.htm">Strong's 2146: </a> Memorial, remembrance on your forehead בֵּ֣ין (bên) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between that לְמַ֗עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent the law תּוֹרַ֥ת (tō·w·raṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> Direction, instruction, law of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is to be תִּהְיֶ֛ה (tih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be on your lips. בְּפִ֑יךָ (bə·p̄î·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to For כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction with a mighty חֲזָקָ֔ה (ḥă·zā·qāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2389.htm">Strong's 2389: </a> Strong, stout, mighty hand בְּיָ֣ד (bə·yāḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand the LORD יְהֹוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel brought you out הוֹצִֽאֲךָ֥ (hō·w·ṣi·’ă·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim of Egypt. מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ (mim·miṣ·rā·yim) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">OT Law: Exodus 13:9 It shall be for a sign (Exo. 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