Exodus 13:9 “It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehea…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And it shalbe a signe vnto thee vpon thine hande, and for a remembrance betweene thine eyes, that the Lawe of the Lord may be in thy mouth: for by a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

Darby Translation

And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation

and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;

Bible in Basic English

And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

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Cross references

“a sign”

Deuteronomy 6:8 Exodus 13:16 Numbers 15:39 Exodus 12:14 Proverbs 6:20–23 Matthew 23:5

Deuteronomy 6:8 · BSB

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

Exodus 13:16 · BSB

So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

Numbers 15:39 · BSB

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Exodus 12:14 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 6:20–23 · BSB

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Matthew 23:5 · BSB

All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

“may be”

Isaiah 59:21 Romans 10:8 Deuteronomy 30:14 Joshua 1:8

Isaiah 59:21 · BSB

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchil…

Romans 10:8 · BSB

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

Deuteronomy 30:14 · BSB

But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.

Joshua 1:8 · BSB

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

“strong hand”

Exodus 13:3 Exodus 6:1–30 Nehemiah 1:10 Psalm 89:13 Isaiah 27:1 Isaiah 40:10

Exodus 13:3 · BSB

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Exodus 6:1–30 · BSB

But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

Nehemiah 1:10 · BSB

They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.

Psalm 89:13 · BSB

Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

Isaiah 27:1 · BSB

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Isaiah 40:10 · BSB

Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

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

In context

8And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

10Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

Read Exodus 13