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

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Study note

Setting — God commands Israel through Moses to adopt a physical practice that memorializes the Exodus deliverance as the people prepare to enter the land.

The words — The Hebrew terms לְ/א֜וֹת (le./'ot, "sign") and וּ/לְ/זִכָּרוֹן֙ (u./le./zi.ka.rOn, "reminder") frame the command as a tangible marker placed on the hand and between the eyes.

The thread — This directive reappears in Deuteronomy 6:8 and 11:18 alongside Exodus 13:16, consistently linking physical markers to the memory of divine rescue.

Why it lands — The text demands a visible, repeated practice that anchors the memory of God’s mighty hand to the daily speech and conduct of the people.

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The Hebrew words

וְהָיָה֩ve./ha.Yahand/ it will becomeלְךָ֨le./Khafor/ youלְא֜וֹתle./'ot<into>/ a sign עַל־'al-on יָדְךָ֗ya.de./Khahand/ your וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙u./le./zi.ka.rOnand/ <into>/ a reminder בֵּ֣יןbeinbetween עֵינֶ֔יךָ'ei.Nei./khaeyes/ your לְמַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anso that תִּהְיֶ֛הtih.Yeh<it> may be תּוֹרַ֥תto.Rat[the] law of יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh בְּפִ֑יךָbe./Fi./khain/ mouth/ your כִּ֚יkifor בְּיָ֣דbe./Yadby/ a hand חֲזָקָ֔הcha.za.Kahstrong הוֹצִֽאֲךָ֥ho.tzi.'a./Khahe brought out/ you יְהֹוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi./mitz.Ra.yimfrom/ Egypt

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.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 6:8 Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Deuteronomy 11:18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Exodus 13:16 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 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 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 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Isaiah 59:21 “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 grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
Matthew 23:5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Romans 10:8 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:
Exodus 13:3 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.