These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.(A) Repeat them to your children.(B) Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol[a] on your forehead.[b](C) Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 6:8 Or phylactery; Mt 23:5
  2. Deuteronomy 6:8 Lit symbol between your eyes

Let these words that I’m commanding you today be always[a] on your heart. Teach them repeatedly to your children. Talk about them while sitting in your house or walking on the road, and as you lie down or get up. Tie them as reminders[b] on your forearm, bind them on your forehead,[c] and write them on the door frames of your house and on your gates.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 6:6 The Heb. lacks always
  2. Deuteronomy 6:8 Lit. signs
  3. Deuteronomy 6:8 Lit. them as frontlets between your eyes