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:_ Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord ... commanded. The grand design of all the institutions prescribed to Israel was to form a religious people, whose national character should be distinguished by that fear of the Lord their God which would insure their divine observance of His worship and their steadfast obedience to His will....

1._Now these are the commandments. _In these three verses he repeats what we have already seen in many previous passages; since God deals so liberally with the Israelites, they would be too perverse, unless such great kindness should allure them to love the law. We must remember too what I have already touched on, that, although I have postponed to another place the promises, whereby Moses urged the people to endeavor to keep the Law, still I have designedly put before my exposition of the Law those passages, in which, by setting the promised land as it were before the people’s eyes, he prepares their minds for submission, and renders the rule of so bountiful a Father pleasant and delightful. Since, then, they were appointed to inherit the land, Moses, when he invites them to its enjoyment, commands them gladly to embrace the doctrine, for the sake of which they were adopted; and to devo...

1-3 In this and the like passages, the "commandments" seem to denote the moral law, the "statues" the ceremonial law, and the "judgments" the law by which the judges decided. Moses taught the people all that, and that only, which God commanded him to teach. Thus Christ's ministers are to teach his churches all he has commanded, neither more nor less, Matthew 28:20. The fear of God in the heart will be the most powerful principle of obedience. It is highly desirable that not we only, but our children, and our children's children, may fear the Lord. Religion and righteousness advance and secure the prosperity of any people....

CHAPTER VI _The great design of God in giving his laws is, that the people_ _may fear and obey him, that they may continue in peace and_ _prosperity, and be mightily increased_, 1-3. _The great commandment of the law_, 4, 5, _which shall be laid up in their hearts_, 6; _taught to their children_, 7; _and affixed as a sign to their hands, heads, doors, and gates_, 8, 9. _How they are to act when they shall come into the promised land_, 10-19. How they shall instruct their children, and relate the

Moses proceeds to set forth more particularly and to enforce the cardinal and essential doctrines of the Decalogue, the nature and attributes of God, and the fitting mode of honoring and worshipping Him. Two objects are indicated Deuteronomy 6:2, the glory of God and the welfare of man, as the grand aims that he has in view....

NOW THESE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS, THE STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS,.... Not the ten commandments repeated in the preceding chapter, but all others, whether moral, ceremonial, or judicial, afterwards declared; for what Moses now did was only to give a repetition and fresh declaration of such laws as he had before received, and delivered to the people; and so the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases this clause, "this is a declaration of the commandments, statutes, and judgments:'' WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD COMMANDED TO TEACH YOU; that is, which he commanded him, Moses, to teach them, though not fully expressed, as may be learned from Deuteronomy 4:1 THAT YE MIGHT DO THEM IN THE LAND WHITHER YE GO TO POSSESS IT; this is often observed, to imprint upon their minds a sense of their duty, even of obedience to the laws of God, which they were caref

Deuteronomy 6:1. _Now these are the commandments, the statues, 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: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged._ Obedience to God should arise from the fear of him, or from a holy awe of God felt in the heart, for all true religion must be heart work. It is not the bare action alone at which God looks, but at the motive at the spirit which dictates it. Hence it is always put, «That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments.» Neither are we to be content with keeping commands ourselves. It is the duty of parents to seek the good of their children to

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 practical obedience (Deuteronomy 6:6) “Hear, O Israel! The LORD our God is one LORD.” Much has been made of this verse by orthodox Jews, who reverence it greatly. They call it the “Shema” after the first word “Hear.” It is often used by Jews and Unitarians to deny the three persons of the Godhead. The Hebrew word “echod” (one), however, excludes forever such a denial, for it means a compound unity. The Hebrew has another word which expresses exactly what Jews and Unitarians, who reject

Exhortation to obey Yahweh's commands, referring to the Decalogue (Deuteronomy 5:6) or to Deuteronomy 12 ff. to which it would make an excellent introduction, as it may have been originally. Deuteronomy 6:1. commandment: better, commandments; Heb. uses the singular where in other languages the plural would stand. Deuteronomy 6:2. fear: Deuteronomy 4:10 *. Deuteronomy 6:3. See Deuteronomy 4:1 *. milk and honey:

THESE ARE. Hebrew "this is". COMMANDMENTS. See note on Deuteronomy 5:31. STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. GO. Hebrew pass over....