18 (A)You shall therefore take these words of mine to [a]heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your [b]hand, and they shall be as [c]frontlets [d]on your forehead. 19 (B)You shall also teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. 20 (C)And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 so that (D)your days and the days of your sons may be increased on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as [e](E)long as the heavens are above the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:18 Lit your heart
  2. Deuteronomy 11:18 Or forearm
  3. Deuteronomy 11:18 Or phylacteries
  4. Deuteronomy 11:18 Lit between your eyes
  5. Deuteronomy 11:21 Lit the days of the heavens

18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(A) 19 Teach them to your children,(B) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(C) 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,(D) 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many(E) in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.(F)

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