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Deuteronomy 11:18-21

18Therefore shall ye lay upוְשַׂמְתֶּם֙ve.sam.TemH7760these my wordsדְּבָרַ֣יde.va.RaiH1697in your heartלְבַבְכֶ֖םle.vav.KhemH3824and in your soulנַפְשְׁכֶ֑םnaf.she.KhemH5315,and bindוּקְשַׁרְתֶּ֨םu.ke.shar.TemH7194them for a signלְאוֹת֙le.'OtH226upon your handיֶדְכֶ֔םyed.KhemH3027,that they may be as frontletsלְטוֹטָפֹ֖תle.to.ta.FotH2903between your eyesעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃'ei.nei.KhemH5869.

19And ye shall teachוְלִמַּדְתֶּ֥םve.li.mad.TemH3925them your childrenבְּנֵיכֶ֖םbe.nei.KhemH1121,speakingלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696of them when thou sittestבְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤be.shiv.te.KhaH3427in thine houseבְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙be.vei.Te.khaH1004,and when thou walkestH3212by the wayבַדֶּ֔רֶךְva.De.rekhH1870,when thou liestוּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖u.ve.sha.khe.be.KhaH7901down, and when thou risest upוּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃u.ve.ku.Me.chaH6965.

20And thou shalt writeוּכְתַבְתָּ֛םu.khe.tav.TamH3789them upon the door postsמְזוּז֥וֹתme.zu.ZotH4201of thine houseבֵּיתֶ֖ךָbei.Te.khaH1004,and upon thy gatesוּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃u.vish.'a.Rei.khaH8179:

21That your daysיְמֵיכֶם֙ye.mei.KhemH3117may be multipliedיִרְבּ֤וּyir.BuH7235,and the daysוִימֵ֣יvi.MeiH3117of your childrenבְנֵיכֶ֔םve.nei.KhemH1121,in the landהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127which Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068swareנִשְׁבַּ֧עnish.Ba'H7650unto your fathersלַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖םla.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1to giveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414them, as the daysכִּימֵ֥יki.MeiH3117of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064upon the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ סha.'A.retzH776.

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