New American Standard Bible 2020
Exodus 13:9
9And 1it shall 2serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder 3on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with 4a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:9 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as 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.
Context of Exodus 13:9
7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and nothing with yeast shall be seen among you, nor shall any dough with yeast be seen among you in all your borders. 8And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 10Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year. 11“Now when the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
Read all of Exodus 13Exodus 13:9 word by word
וְהָיָה֩ לְךָ֨ לְא֜וֹת עַל־יָדְךָ֗ וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙ בֵּ֣ין עֵינֶ֔יךָ לְמַ֗עַן תִּהְיֶ֛ה תּוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה בְּפִ֑יךָ כִּ֚י בְּיָ֣ד חֲזָקָ֔ה הוֹצִֽאֲךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
- serveהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- as a signאוֹת'ôth · sign: indicatorH226
- to you on your handיָדyâd · handH3027
- and as a reminderזִכָּרוֹןzikrôn · memorialH2146
- on your foreheadבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
- on your foreheadעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- that the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- may be in your mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
- a powerfulחָזָקchâzâq · strongH2389
- handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- broughtיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
Cross-references for Exodus 13:9
- Exodus 13:16So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and as phylacteries on your forehead, for with a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
- Exodus 12:14‘Now this day shall be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.
- Numbers 15:39It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so that you will do them and not follow your own heart and your own eyes, which led you to prostitute yourselves,
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
- Deuteronomy 11:18“You shall therefore take these words of mine to heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.
- Proverbs 1:9For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.
- Proverbs 3:21My son, see that they do not escape from your sight; Comply with sound wisdom and discretion,
- Proverbs 6:20My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother;
- Proverbs 7:23Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hurries to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
- Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
- Jeremiah 22:24“As I live,” declares the Lord, “even if Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off;
- Matthew 23:5And they do all their deeds to be noticed by other people; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
- Deuteronomy 30:14On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may follow it.
- Joshua 1:8This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will achieve success.
- Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”
- Romans 10:8But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
Commentaries on Exodus 13:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9And it shall be for a sign - upon thine hand - This direction, repeated and enlarged Exodus 13:16, gave rise to phylacteries or tephillin, and this is one of the passages which the Jews write upon them to the present day. The manner in which the Jews understood and kept these commands may appear in their practice. They wrote the following four portions of the law upon slips of parchment or vellum: Sanctify unto me the first-born, Exodus 13, from Exodus…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Hebrew 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The annual Passover celebration was a sign to show you belonged to the Lord. It marked his ownership, reinforcing a spiritual truth. a sign … and a reminder … the Law of the LORD: The second part of the verse can be seen either as a statement to recite or as a description of the God's work.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, &c.--There is no reason to believe that the Oriental tattooing--the custom of staining the hands with the powder of Hennah, as Eastern females now do--is here referred to. Nor is it probable that either this practice or the phylacteries of the Pharisees--parchment scrolls, which were worn on their wrists and foreheads--had so early an existence. The words are to be considered only as a figurative mode…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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