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 # lay up these words of mine in your heart and soul
 
-A person always thinking about and considering what Moses commands is spoken of as if the heart and soul were a container and Moses's words were the content to fill the container. Alternate translation: "be very careful to remember these words that I am saying to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"be very careful to remember these words that I am saying to you" 
 
 # these words of mine
 
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ A person always thinking about and considering what Moses commands is spoken of
 
 # your heart and soul
 
-Here "heart" and "soul" represent a person's mind or thoughts. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+Here "heart" and "soul" represent a person's mind or thoughts. 
 
 # bind them
 
-"tie these words." This is a metonym that represents a person writing the words on a parchment, putting the parchment in a pouch, and tying the pouch. This metonymy in turn may be a metaphor meaning the people must be careful to obey Moses's commands. See how you translated similar phrases in [Deuteronomy 6:8](../06/08.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"tie these words." See Deuteronomy 6:8.
 
 # as a sign on your hand
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Here "heart" and "soul" represent a person's mind or thoughts. (See: [[rc://en/t
 
 # let them be as frontlets between your eyes
 
-"let my words be as as frontlets between your eyes." This is a metonym that represents a person writing Moses's words on parchement, putting the parchement in a pouch, and tying the pouch so it sits between his eyes. This metonymy in turn may be a metaphor that means the person must be careful to obey all of Moses's commands. See how you translated similar phrases in [Deuteronomy 6:8](../06/08.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"let my words be as as frontlets between your eyes."
 
 # frontlets