Exodus 13 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

a sign.This expression, says Michaelis, alludes to the custom of the Orientals, of burning in their right hand all kinds of marks with the ashes of henna, which gives an indelible colour; and this is done even to this day.

They were likewise accustomed to write all kinds of sayings, and frequently superstitious words, on slips or pieces of linen, which they wore as ornaments on their foreheads.

Ex. 13:16• ¹⁶And it shall be for a sign on thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for with a powerful hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt. (Ex. 13:16)

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Ex. 12:14• ¹⁴And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations as an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it. (Ex. 12:14)

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Num. 15:39• ³⁹and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after the lusts of your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring; (Num. 15:39)

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Deut. 6:6,8• ⁶And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
⁸And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. (Deut. 6:6,8)

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Deut. 11:18‑19• ¹⁸And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
¹⁹And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; (Deut. 11:18‑19)

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Prov. 1:9• ⁹for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. (Prov. 1:9)

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Prov. 3:21• ²¹My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion: (Prov. 3:21)

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Prov. 6:20‑23• ²⁰My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
²¹bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
²²when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Prov. 6:20‑23)

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Prov. 7:23• ²³till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life. (Prov. 7:23)

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Isa. 49:16• ¹⁶Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. (Isa. 49:16)

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Jer. 22:24• ²⁴As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence; (Jer. 22:24)

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Matt. 23:5• ⁵And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments, (Matt. 23:5)

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Deut. 30:14• ¹⁴For the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. (Deut. 30:14)

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Josh. 1:8• ⁸This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper. (Josh. 1:8)

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Isa. 59:21• ²¹And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever. (Isa. 59:21)

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Rom. 10:8• ⁸But what says it? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach: (Rom. 10:8)

strong hand.

Ex. 13:3• ³And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this; and nothing leavened shall be eaten. (Ex. 13:3)

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Ex. 6:1‑30• ¹And Jehovah said to Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
²And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah.
³And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as the Almighty *God; but by my name Jehovah I was not made known to them.
⁴And I established also my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were sojourners.
⁵And I have heard also the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians have forced to serve, and I have remembered my covenant.
⁶Therefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their service, and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments.
⁷And I will take you to me for a people, and will be your God; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah your God, am he who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
⁸And I will bring you into the land concerning which I swore to give it unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; and I will give it you for a possession: I am Jehovah.
⁹And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses from anguish of spirit, and from hard service.
¹⁰And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
¹¹Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
¹²And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Lo, the children of Israel do not hearken to me: how then should Pharaoh hearken to me, to me of uncircumcised lips?
¹³And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a commandment to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
¹⁴These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.
¹⁵--And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
¹⁶And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
¹⁷The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
¹⁸And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years.
¹⁹And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
²⁰And Amram took Jochebed his aunt as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
²¹And the sons of Jizhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zicri.
²²And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
²³And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
²⁴And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.
²⁵And Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
²⁶This is that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
²⁷These are they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: this is that Moses and Aaron.
²⁸And it came to pass on the day when Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
²⁹that Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am Jehovah: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
³⁰And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh hearken unto me? (Ex. 6:1‑30)

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Josh. 1:9• ⁹Have I not commanded thee: Be strong and courageous? Be not afraid, neither be dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:9)

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Neh. 1:10• ¹⁰And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand. (Neh. 1:10)

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Psa. 89:13• ¹³Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand. (Psa. 89:13)

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Isa. 27:1• ¹In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea. (Isa. 27:1)

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Isa. 40:10• ¹⁰Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him. (Isa. 40:10)

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Isa. 51:9• ⁹Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, as in the generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, and pierced the monster? (Isa. 51:9)

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Joel 2:11• ¹¹And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for strong is he that executeth his word: for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can bear it? (Joel 2:11)

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Rev. 18:8• ⁸for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong is the Lord God who has judged her. (Rev. 18:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.