Bible Commentary

And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 10. And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into, etc.] A … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:10”

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 9. door posts ] It was the custom of the ancient Egyptians to inscribe on lintels and door-posts sentences of good omen (Wilkinson-Birch, Anc. Egyptians 2 , i. 361 f.); but we are not to infer that it was thence … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:9”

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 8. thou shalt bind them for a sign for frontlets, etc.] See for the exact meanings the notes on Exo 13:9; Exo 13:16. As there, so here probably the injunction is to be taken metaphorically … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:8”

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 7. teach them diligently ] lit. whet or sharpen, Deu 32:41; make incisive and impress them on thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:7”

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 6. these words with which I am charging thee this day ] Elsewhere the phrase in whole or part refers to the whole discourse of Moses (e.g. Deu 11:18), but here it must mean the two preceding verses as the essence … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:6”

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 5. and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God ] Love, mentioned in JE as an affection between human beings (father and son, husband and wife, slave and master) and in H as a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:5”

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD: 4. Hear, O Israel ] So Deu 9:1; Deu 20:3, and similarly Deu 4:1, Deu 6:3; and nowhere else in the Hexateuch. The Sg. is to be explained as in Deu 5:1; but the continuance of the Sg. through the rest of this section is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:4”

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do [it]; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 3. observe to do ] See on Deu 5:1. that ye may increase mightily … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:3”

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. 2. fear Jehovah thy God ] Deu 10:12; Deu 10:20. all his statutes and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:2”

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: 1. Not a fresh title, marking the beginning of a separate discourse, but the natural continuation of the discourse from the previous … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:1”