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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/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and 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/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; 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/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and 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/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You shall therefore take these words of mine to heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; 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="/nasb77/deuteronomy/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; 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/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“You shall therefore place these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and 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/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore, you shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Memorize these laws and think about them. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and your foreheads to help you obey them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Take these words of mine to heart and keep them in mind. [Write them down,] 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/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Remember these commands and cherish them. 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/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Take these commands to heart and keep them in mind, tying them as reminders on your arm and as bands on your forehead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and 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/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine 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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have placed these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, 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/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, 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="/slt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And put these words upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they were for bands between your eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Lay up these my words in your hearts and minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and place them between your eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Place these words of mine in your hearts and minds, and hang them as a sign on your hands, and arrange them between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, take these words of mine into your heart and soul. 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/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you shall lay up these commandments in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hands, that they may be a token between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall put these commandments in your heart and in your soul and bind them as signs on your hands and they shall be a sign between your eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall store these words in your heart and in your soul, and ye shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and it shall be fixed before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/11-18.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=3395" 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/11.htm">Remember God's Words</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śam·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">Fix</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇā·ray (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">words of mine</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.">in your</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">minds;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7194.htm" title="7194: ū·qə·šar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To bind, league together, conspire. A primitive root: to tie, physically or mentally.">tie</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</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.">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: yeḏ·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- 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·w·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·nê·ḵem (N-cdc:: 2mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.…<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="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a></span><br />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. / Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ...<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/7-1.htm">Proverbs 7:1-3</a></span><br />My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. / Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. / Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Joshua 1:8</a></span><br />This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a></span><br />I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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="/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="/isaiah/59-21.htm">Isaiah 59:21</a></span><br />“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-2.htm">Psalm 1:2</a></span><br />But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a></span><br />Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.<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="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a></span><br />Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16-17</a></span><br />All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21-25</a></span><br />Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. / Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">ye lay up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a></b></br> And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-46.htm">Deuteronomy 32:46</a></b></br> And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.</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="hdg">a sign</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Matthew 23:5</a></b></br> But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-7.htm">Impress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Symbols</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Tie</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-18.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-3.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/matthew/5-41.htm">Impress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-25.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-18.htm">Symbols</a> <a href="/joshua/2-18.htm">Tie</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-28.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-1.htm">Another exhortation to obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">by their own experience of God's great works</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-8.htm">by promise of God's great blessings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">and by threatenings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">A careful study is required in God's words</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-26.htm">The blessing and curse set before them</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'; 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In the biblical context, the heart and mind represent the center of one's being and decision-making. The call to "fix" these words suggests a permanent and deliberate effort to remember and live by God's laws. This is reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a>, where the psalmist declares, "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." The emphasis on the heart and mind underscores the need for a holistic commitment to God's teachings, not just an external observance.<p><b>tie them as reminders on your hands</b><br>The instruction to tie God's words on the hands serves as a metaphor for action. In ancient Israel, the hand symbolized power and action, indicating that God's commandments should guide all deeds. This practice is physically represented in the Jewish tradition of wearing tefillin, small boxes containing scripture passages, during prayer. The act of tying these words on the hands is a call to let God's laws influence daily activities and decisions, ensuring that every action aligns with divine will.<p><b>and bind them on your foreheads.</b><br>Binding words on the forehead symbolizes constant awareness and mindfulness of God's commandments. The forehead, being the most visible part of the body, represents one's thoughts and intentions. This practice is also reflected in the wearing of tefillin, where one box is placed on the forehead, signifying that God's laws should be at the forefront of one's mind. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to renew their minds (<a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>) and to have the mind of Christ (<a href="/philippians/2-5.htm">Philippians 2:5</a>), indicating a transformation that begins with one's thoughts and intentions.<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 audience receiving the commandments, preparing to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the Law from God, which forms the basis of the commandments.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and the Israelites, which includes the laws and commandments they are to follow.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/internalization_of_god's_word.htm">Internalization of God's Word</a></b><br>The command to "fix these words" emphasizes the need for God's commandments to be deeply rooted in our hearts and minds, not just superficially acknowledged.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolic_reminders.htm">Symbolic Reminders</a></b><br>The practice of tying reminders on hands and binding them on foreheads serves as a physical representation of the spiritual truth that God's word should guide our actions and thoughts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consistency_in_faith.htm">Consistency in Faith</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were to consistently remember and follow God's commandments, Christians today are called to live out their faith consistently in every aspect of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_teaching.htm">Generational Teaching</a></b><br>The passage underscores the importance of teaching God's commandments to future generations, ensuring that faith and obedience are passed down.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holistic_commitment.htm">Holistic Commitment</a></b><br>The integration of God's word into daily life reflects a holistic commitment to God, involving heart, mind, and actions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 11</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/what_defines_a_man_of_god.htm">What defines a man of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._6_16_align_with_deut..htm">How does Jeremiah 6:16’s call for following the “ancient paths” align or conflict with similar instructions elsewhere in Scripture, such as Deuteronomy’s repeated emphasis on covenant law? </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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Therefore shall ye lay up these my words.</span>--The same injunctions are found above (<a href="/context/deuteronomy/6-6.htm" title="And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart:">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a>). The Jewish commentator remarks, somewhat sadly, here, that they would remember them in their captivity, if not before. The "therefore" at the commencement of the verse is a simple "and," so that the passage can be read in connection with what precedes: "Ye will perish quickly from off the good land, and ye will lay these my words to your hearts." But the words of <a href="/deuteronomy/11-21.htm" title="That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven on the earth.">Deuteronomy 11:21</a> seem to show that this is not the primary meaning--only an application suggested, like many other applications of Scripture, by the actual event.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 18-20.</span> - (Cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-7.htm">Deuteronomy 6:7-9</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/11-18.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">Fix</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׂמְתֶּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śam·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֔לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">words of mine</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבָרַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇā·ray)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your hearts</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַבְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and minds,</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">tie</span><br /><span class="heb">וּקְשַׁרְתֶּ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·qə·šar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second 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">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a sign</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | 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">וְעַֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">יֶדְכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(yeḏ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<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/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 11:18 Therefore you shall lay up these my (Deut. 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