⁹“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves,^r so that you don’t forget^s the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind^C as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.^t ¹⁰The day you stood before the Lord your God^u at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people before me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me^a all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’

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Footnotes

COr don’t depart from your heart

Cross references

r Jos 22:5; Pr 13:3; 16:17; 19:16; 22:5
s Dt 6:12; 8:11; Pr 3:1; 4:5
t Ex 12:26; Dt 6:7,20–25; 11:2–7,18–21; 31:12–13,19–22; 32:46; Jos 4:6,21–22; 8:35; Ps 34:11; 78:5
u Gn 18:22; 19:27; Lv 9:5; Dt 10:8; 1Sm 6:20; 1Kg 22:21; 2Ch 20:13
a Dt 5:29; Is 57:11; Jr 5:22; 32:39; Zph 3:7; Mal 3:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children— how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren. Never forget the day when you stood before the Lord your God at Mount Sinai, where he told me, ‘Summon the people before me, and I will personally instruct them. Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live, and they will teach their children to fear me also.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“However, take care for yourself and watch your inner self closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to your grandchildren. Remember the day that you stood before Yahweh your God at Horeb when Yahweh said to me, ‘Summon for me the people so that I can tell them my words, that they may learn to fear me all of the days they are alive on the earth and so that they may teach their children.’

KJV 1900King James Version

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

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