And it shall be our (l) righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
(l) Because no one can fully obey the law, we must turn to Christ to be justified by faith.
Verse Deuteronomy 6:25. _IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS_] The _evidence_ that we are under the influence of the fear and love of God. Moses does not say that this righteousness could be wrought withou...
The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly ci...
2. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT AND WHAT IT INVOLVES CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Hear, therefore, O Israel! (Deuteronomy 6:1)_ 2. The first commandment (Deuteronomy 6:4) 3. The remembrance of these words and practica...
DEUTERONOMY 6:16. See Exodus 17:7 *, _cf._ Matthew 4:7. TEMPT: better test; _cf._ the cognate noun (temptation = testing) in Deut
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. This is superseded by Romans 10:4; Romans 10:5.Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:12. That true then: this true now. No discrepancy if the
_it shall be righteousness unto us_ The thought of the previous verse shows that righteousness here does not mean goodness, uprightness, but rather justification, vindication, the right to live, and b...
These verses return to a favourite theme of Deut.: the close relation between Jehovah's Laws and His Deeds. When a future generation shall ask the meaning of the Laws it shall be referred to the Lord'...
_VER._ 25. _IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS_— Houbigant renders this, _for a just reward shall not be wanting to us,_ if, &c. that is, says he, the promised reward mentioned in the foregoing verse. The...
3. TEACHING THE LAW (Deuteronomy 6:7-9; Deuteronomy 20-25) 20 When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God h...
_AND IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, IF WE OBSERVE TO DO ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS BEFORE THE LORD OUR GOD, AS HE HATH COMMANDED US._ And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these comm...
6:25 commandments (d-15) Lit. 'this commandment.'...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS To the repetition of the Decalogue Moses adds in the following Chapter s a practical exhortation to obedience founded on the special relation of Jehovah to Israel as their Rede...
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS] Obedience increases merit. For a particular instance see on Deuteronomy 24:13....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 V1 ‘These are all the *commandments, rules and laws that the *LORD your God ordered me to tea...
AND IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. — In one Targum, “It shall be _merit_ to us,” or more fully, in the other, “It shall be merit laid up for us against the world to come.” In the LXX., “It shall be al...
וּ צְדָקָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶה ־לָּ֑נוּ כִּֽי ־נִשְׁמֹ֨ר...
EDUCATION-MOSAIC VIEW Deuteronomy 6:6 THOSE great verses, Deuteronomy 6:4, form the central truth of the book. Everything else in it proceeds from and is informed by them, and they are dwelt upon and...
NO COMPROMISE WITH IDOLATRY Deuteronomy 6:20; Deuteronomy 7:1 The great Lawgiver had His eye constantly on the coming generation. It is good when the children are so arrested by our religious life, t...
The appeal of Moses was now elaborated in a great statement on the deepest value of the commandment and the corresponding responsibilities of the people Observe the peculiar form of the opening statem...
Merciful. Hebrew, "he will justify us." Chaldean, "reward us." Justice often denotes the mercy which God shews to his people, and the punishment which he inflicts upon their enemies. (Calmet) (Matthew...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED GOD! may it be my happiness to be distinguished from all carnal and ungodly persons, and to carry about with me, wherever I go, all the distinguishing features of character which s...
What a most delightful subject seems to be opened to us in these verses. The Jewish children are naturally supposed to enquire into the peculiarities of their fathers faith. And the fathers are suppos...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5, 6, AND 7. In chapter 5 Moses reminds them of the ten commandments given in Horeb; and it is to be remarked, that the deliverance out of Egypt (not the rest...
AND IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Or a mercy, benefit, and blessing to us; or this shall be reckoned our righteousness, and that by which we shall be justified: IF WE OBSERVE TO DO ALL THESE COM...
_It shall be our righteousness_ Hebrew, _Righteousness shall be to us._ We shall be owned, and pronounced by God to be righteous and holy persons, if we sincerely obey him; otherwise we shall be decla...
1 The end of the Law is obedience. 3 An exhortation thereto. 1 NOW these are the Commaundements, the Statutes, & the Iudgements, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might doe the...
And it shall be our righteousness if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord, our God, as He hath commanded us. In this the righteousness of the children of Israel consisted, namely, t...
THE ADMONITION SUBSTANTIATED...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (vs.1-9) The ten commandments have been reaffirmed in chapter 5; now Moses emphasizes and enlarges upon the significance of the four commandments, which we have seen deal wit...
17-25 Moses gives charge to keep God's commandments. Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence. It is our interest, as well as our duty, to be religious. It will be our life....
Heb. _righteousness shall be to us._ and pronounced by God to be truly righteous and holy persons, if we sincerely obey him, otherwise we shall be declared to be unrighteous and ungodly persons, and a...
"Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgements, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: that thou mightest fea...
Deuteronomy 6:25 righteousness H6666 careful H8104 (H8799) observe H6213 (H8800) these H2063 commandments H4687 before...
AND WHAT THEY KNOW FOR THEMSELVES THEY MUST EXPLAIN TO THEIR CHILDREN SO THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS MIGHT PREVAIL IN THE LAND (DEUTERONOMY 6:20). Analysis in the words of Moses: a When your son asks you in t...
Deuteronomy 6:1. _Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:_ God'...
CONTENTS: Israel exhorted to observe all God's commandments. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Pharoah. CONCLUSION: The fear of God in the heart is the most powerful principle of obedie...
Deuteronomy 6:4. יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד, _Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah._ There is uniformly an elision of the letter ם _mem,_ when the plural is associated with the noun; and the י _yod_ is not use...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 6:25 RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR US does not mean righteousness as a means of salvation. In this context, it means simply that keeping the Passover is the right thing to do. See...
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses had rehearsed the law, reminded the people of the circumstances in which it was given, and now he sets forth its essential and fundamental doctrines, the nature and attributes of...
So in chapter six: NOW these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land whither you go to possess it: Tha...
Deuteronomy 24:13; Ezekiel 20:11; Galatians 3:12; James 2:10;...
It shall be our righteousness — Heb. Righteousness shall be to us. We shall be owned and pronounced by God to be righteous and holy persons, if we sincerely obey him, otherwise we shall be declared to...