Deuteronomy 11:18

11:18 Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, ¹  and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols ²  on your forehead.

Deuteronomy 30:2

30:2 Then if you and your descendants ³  turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being ⁴  just as ⁵  I am commanding you today,

Deuteronomy 30:14

30:14 For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind ⁶  so that you can do it.

Deuteronomy 32:7

32:7 Remember the ancient days;

bear in mind ⁷  the years of past generations. ⁸ 

Ask your father and he will inform you,

your elders, and they will tell you.

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¹ tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

² tn On the Hebrew term טוֹטָפֹת (totafot, “reminders”), cf. Deut 6:4-9.

³ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

⁴ tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

⁵ tn Heb “according to all.”

⁶ tn Heb “heart.”

⁷ tc The Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read 2nd person masculine singular whereas the MT has 2nd person masculine plural. The former is preferred, the latter perhaps being a misreading (בִּינוּ [binu] for בִּינָה [binah]). Both the preceding (“remember”) and following (“ask”) imperatives are singular forms in the Hebrew text.

⁸ tn Heb “generation and generation.” The repetition of the singular noun here singles out each of the successive past generations. See IBHS 116 §7.2.3b.