King James Version
Exodus 13:16 in the King James Version says “And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brou...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.”
Exodus 13:16 · KJV
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: in: Heb. to morrow
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. harnessed: or, by five in a rank
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it shall be for a token”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
“between thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“brought us forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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