Positive Commandment #79 of 613

Wear tefillin (phylacteries) on the head

Deuteronomy 6:8 · Signs and Symbols

Scripture

“"You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.”

— Deuteronomy 6:8

Hebrew

ח וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת, עַל-יָדֶךָ; וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת, בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ.

Greek (Septuagint)

8 καὶ ἀφάψεις αὐτὰ εἰς σημεῖον ἐπὶ τῆς χειρός σου, καὶ ἔσται ἀσάλευτον πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου·

#80: Bind tefillin on the arm

Deuteronomy 6:8

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Deuteronomy 6:9

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Numbers 15:38

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Leviticus 12:3

#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily

#80: Bind tefillin on the arm

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