Deuteronomy 11:18 — Community Reflections

DEUTERONOMY 11:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.”

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and your souls. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads — the command for internalization involves multiple modalities: memory (heart), intention (soul), and physical practice (binding words on hands and foreheads). The literal binding (tefillin) would later emerge as a Jewish practice.

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Adam Smith 2Note1mo ago

Scripture As Constant Presence

You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and fix them as an emblem on your forehead. Teach them to your children, talking about them whe...