Deuteronomy 6:9 “Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.”

Deuteronomy 6:9

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

World English Bible

You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also thou shalt write them vpon ye postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Bible in Basic English

Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

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Cross references

“And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”

Deuteronomy 11:20 Isaiah 30:8 Isaiah 57:8 Habakkuk 2:2 Exodus 12:7 Job 19:23–25

Deuteronomy 11:20 · BSB

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

Isaiah 30:8 · BSB

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

Isaiah 57:8 · BSB

Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their…

Habakkuk 2:2 · BSB

Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

Exodus 12:7 · BSB

They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

Job 19:23–25 · BSB

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

10And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

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