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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You shall also tie them as a sign to your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand (forearm), and they shall be used as bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[Write them down, and] tie them around your wrist, and wear them as headbands as a reminder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Tie them as reminders on your forearm, bind them on your forehead,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thy eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for bands between thine eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall bind them like a sign on your hand, and they shall be placed and shall move between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Bind them on your arm as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as a token between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And tie them as a sign on your hand and they shall be an inscription between your eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2009" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">The Greatest Commandment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>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. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7194.htm" title="7194: ū·qə·šar·tām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To bind, league together, conspire. A primitive root: to tie, physically or mentally.">Tie them</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: lə·’ō·wṯ (Prep:: N-cs) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">as reminders</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·ḏe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">your hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and bind them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2903.htm" title="2903: lə·ṭō·ṭā·p̄ōṯ (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- Bands. From an unusued root meaning to go around or bind; a fillet for the forehead."></a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">on your foreheads.</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> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Exodus 13:16</a></span><br />So 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3</a></span><br />Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21</a></span><br />Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-3.htm">Proverbs 7:3</a></span><br />Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Matthew 23:5</a></span><br />All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Revelation 13:16</a></span><br />And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-1.htm">Revelation 14:1</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-4.htm">Revelation 22:4</a></span><br />They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a></span><br />For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-16.htm">Hebrews 10:16</a></span><br />“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-16.htm">Isaiah 49:16</a></span><br />Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Ezekiel 9:4</a></span><br />“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Ezekiel 9:6</a></span><br />Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9,16</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/15-38.htm">Numbers 15:38,39</a></b></br> Speak 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: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/30-3.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/numbers/30-11.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Brow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/numbers/31-54.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Symbols</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-4.htm">Tie</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-16.htm">Brow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-18.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Symbols</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Tie</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">The end of the law is obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">An exhortation thereto</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">What they are to teach their children</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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/deuteronomy/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Tie them as reminders on your hands</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of keeping God's commandments at the forefront of daily life. In ancient Israel, the hand symbolized action and work. By tying the commandments on their hands, the Israelites were reminded to let God's laws guide their actions. This practice is reflected in the Jewish tradition of wearing tefillin, small leather boxes containing scripture passages, during prayer. The concept of having God's word influence one's actions is echoed in <a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22</a>, which encourages believers to be doers of the word, not just hearers.<p><b>and bind them on your foreheads</b><br>Binding the commandments on the forehead signifies keeping God's laws in one's thoughts and decisions. The forehead represents the mind and intellect, suggesting that God's word should guide one's thoughts and intentions. This practice is also part of the Jewish tradition of wearing tefillin, where one box is placed on the forehead. The idea of having God's word in one's mind is paralleled in <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>, which speaks of the renewal of the mind to discern God's will. This phrase also foreshadows the New Covenant promise in <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a>, where God writes His law on the hearts and minds of His people, fulfilled in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's commandments to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the law as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the Ten Commandments, which form the basis of the laws in Deuteronomy.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter, requiring them to adhere to God's laws.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/shema.htm">Shema</a></b><br>The central declaration of the Jewish faith found in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-9</a>, emphasizing the oneness of God and the importance of loving Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_binding.htm">Symbolism of Binding</a></b><br>The act of binding God's commandments on the hand and forehead symbolizes the integration of God's Word into daily actions (hand) and thoughts (forehead).<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/internalization_of_god's_word.htm">Internalization of God's Word</a></b><br>The physical act of binding serves as a metaphor for internalizing God's commandments, ensuring they influence every aspect of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consistency_in_faith.htm">Consistency in Faith</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were to keep God's laws constantly before them, Christians are called to live consistently in faith, allowing God's Word to guide their decisions and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/visible_faith.htm">Visible Faith</a></b><br>The visible nature of the sign on the hand and forehead serves as a testimony to others, encouraging believers to live out their faith openly and authentically.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_and_mind_alignment.htm">Heart and Mind Alignment</a></b><br>The command to bind God's Word on the hand and forehead underscores the need for alignment between belief (mind) and action (hand).<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_phylacteries_used_for.htm">What are phylacteries used for?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/were_broad_phylacteries_common.htm">(Matthew 23:5) Were “broad phylacteries and long tassels” actually commonplace, or is this an exaggeration? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">And thou shalt bind them . . .</span>--From this precept the Jews derive the use of the Tephillin, the portions of the Law which they bind upon the head or arm when about to pray.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - The words of God were to be bound for <span class="cmt_word">a sign</span> [a memorial or directory] <span class="cmt_word">upon thine hand</span>, the instrument of acting, and to be as <span class="cmt_word">frontlets</span> [fillets or bands] <span class="cmt_word">between thine eyes</span>, the organs of direction in walking or moving, and so on the forehead, the chamber of thought and purpose; and they were to inscribe them on the posts of their houses, and on their gates. The purport of this is that they were constantly and everywhere to have these commandments of the Lord in view and in mind, so as to undeviatingly observe them. It seems, however, to have been a custom widely prevalent among the ancient Eastern peoples to carry about their persons slips of parchment or some other material, on which were written sentences of moral or religious import; and such sentences they were also wont to inscribe on conspicuous places of their dwellings; usages still to be found among the Moslems (see Wilkinson, 'Ancient Egyptians,' 3:364; Lane, 'Modern Egypt,' 1:358; Russell, 'Nat. Hist. of Aleppo;' Thomson, 'Land and the Book,' 1:216), and the latter of which was not altogether unknown among Western nations (cf. Virgil, 'Georg.' lit. 26, etc.), of which traces may still be seen in Switzerland, Germany, and on old houses in both England and Scotland. This custom originated, probably, in a desire to have the sentiments inscribed always in mind; but for the most part these inscriptions came to be regarded as amulets or charms, the presence of which on the person or the house was a safeguard against evil influences, especially such as were supernatural. By the Jews this custom was followed; and they regarded it as authorized by the injunction of Moses in this passage. Taking his words literally, they had their tôtâphoth and their mezuzah, the former of which - the phylacteries of the New Testament - were strips of parchment, on which passages of the Law (<a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Exodus 13:2-10, 11-17</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-10, 13-22</a>) were written, and these, enclosed in a box, were bound on the forehead and left wrist, and worn at prayers by the worshippers; the latter a slip of parchment, on which were written certain passages of Scripture (vers. 4-9; <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13-21</a>), and which, enclosed in a reed or cylinder, was fixed on the right-hand doorpost of every room in the house (see arts. 'Mezuzah' and 'Phylacteries' in Kitto's 'Biblical Cyclopedia,' 3rd edit.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Tie them</span><br /><span class="heb">וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·qə·šar·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7194.htm">Strong's 7194: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as reminders</span><br /><span class="heb">לְא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> </span><span class="str2">A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bind them</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָי֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on your foreheads.</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 6:8 You shall bind them for a sign (Deut. 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