18 “Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol[a] on your foreheads.[b] 19 Teach them to your children,(A) talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates,(B) 21 so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:18 Or phylactery; Mt 23:5
  2. 11:18 Lit symbol between your eyes; Ex 13:16; Dt 6:8

18 “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.(A) 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.(B) 20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,(C) 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

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