Exodus 13:9 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 13:9

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.

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ASV

And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hebrew writers have generally regarded this as a formal injunction to write the precepts on slips of parchment, and to fasten them on the wrists and forehead; but other commentators are generally agreed that it is to be understood metaphorically. The words appear to be put into the mouths of the parents. They were to keep all the facts of the Passover constantly in mind, and, referring to a custom prevalent ages before Moses in Egypt, to have them present as though they were inscribed on papyrus or parchment fastened on the wrists, or on the face between the eyes.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָה֩	ve.ha.Yah	and it will become	H1961 →
לְךָ֨	le.Kha	for you
לְא֜וֹת	le.'ot	<into> a sign	H226 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יָדְךָ֗	ya.de.Kha	hand your	H3027 →
וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙	u.le.zi.ka.rOn	and <into> a reminder	H2146 →
בֵּ֣ין	bein	between	H996 →
עֵינֶ֔יךָ	'ei.Nei.kha	eyes your	H5869 →
לְמַ֗עַן	le.Ma.'an	so that	H4616 →
תִּהְיֶ֛ה	tih.Yeh	<it> may be	H1961 →
תּוֹרַ֥ת	to.Rat	[the] law of	H8451 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּפִ֑יךָ	be.Fi.kha	in mouth your	H6310 →
כִּ֚י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְּיָ֣ד	be.Yad	by a hand	H3027 →
חֲזָקָ֔ה	cha.za.Kah	strong	H2389 →
הוֹצִֽאֲךָ֥	ho.tzi.'a.Kha	he brought out you	H3318 →
יְהֹוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 6:8
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:18
  Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 6:21
  Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
- Proverbs 3:3
  Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Proverbs 7:3
  Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Through
Exodus 12:14
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
leads to
- 2 Kings 23:21
  The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
- Exodus 12:17
  So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute…
- Exodus 12:24
  And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.
- Exodus 13:9–10
  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…

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