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Exodus 13:8–9

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8On that day explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’c 9Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead,Ed so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.

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Footnotes

  1. E reminder between your eyes

Cross references

  1. cEx 3:14; 12:26–27
  2. dEx 13:16; Dt 6:8; 11:18

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating what the Lord did for me when I left Egypt.’ This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the Lord: ‘With a strong hand, the Lord rescued you from Egypt.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out from Egypt.’ And it will be as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes so that the law of Yahweh will be in your mouth, that with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out from Egypt.

KJV 1900King James Version

And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 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.