13<\/strong>. him shalt thou fear serve swear by his name<\/em> ] Intended to cover the whole sphere of religion: the spiritual temper (on the frequent enforcement of the fear of God and its meaning see on Deu 4:10<\/span>); acts of worship (the Hebrew term, though technically used of these, may cover other duties as well, see Driver, i. l.<\/em> and cp. on Deu 10:12<\/span>); and loyalty to God in all one’s intercourse by word and deed with one’s fellows. The reason for this last, which to our ears sounds strange in so brief a summary of religious duty, is clear. All the details of life are more explicitly connected with religion by primitive man than by ourselves. He naively and constantly appeals to his god for the truth of his statements and the honesty of his business transactions. So was it in the Israel of the deuteronomists’ time, Jer 5:2<\/span>. Thus a man’s oaths were in his everyday life the profession of his faith. If he swore by Baal, Baal was his god. Hence the need of the command to Israel here and in Jer 4:2<\/span>; Jer 12:16<\/span>. It is the duty of carrying out one’s religion into the momentary details of life. Hence, too, the definition of Jehovah’s true worshipper as he that sweareth by Jehovah<\/em>, Psa 63:11<\/span>. But hence also the need for the presence among the Ten Commandments of one not to take Jehovah’s name in vain. For the practice, however sincere in its origins, was terribly open to abuse, and was (and is) abused among Semitic nations beyond all others. Of the modern Arabs Doughty says, ‘they all day take God’s name in vain (as it was perhaps in ancient Israel), confirming every light and laughing word with cheerful billahs,’ and ‘they will confirm any word with an oath’ ( Ar. Des.<\/em> i. 265, 269). So Christ commanded, swear not at all<\/em>.<\/p>\n Verse 13<\/span>. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God<\/B><\/I>] Thou shalt respect and reverence him as thy Lawgiver and Judge; as thy Creator, Preserver, and the sole object of thy religious adoration.<\/P> <\/P> And serve him<\/B><\/I>] Our blessed Lord, in Mt 4:10<\/span>; Lu 4:8<\/span>, quotes these words thus: And him<\/I> ONLY ( ) shalt thou<\/I> serve<\/I>. It appears, therefore, that lebaddo<\/I> was anciently in the Hebrew text, as it was and is in the SEPTUAGINT, (,) from which our Lord quoted it. The COPTIC preserves the same reading; so do also the VULGATE, (illi soli<\/I>,) and the ANGLO-SAXON, ([Anglo-Saxon]) Dr. Kennicott argues, that without the word only<\/I> the text would not have been conclusive for the purpose for which our Lord advanced it; for as we learn from Scripture that some men worshipped false gods in conjunction with the true, the quotation here would not have been full to the point without this exclusive<\/I> word. It may be proper to observe that the omitted word lebaddo<\/I>, retained in the above versions<\/I>, does not exist in the Hebrew printed text, nor in any MS. hitherto discovered.<\/P> <\/P> Shalt swear by his name.<\/B><\/I>] tishshabea<\/I>, from shaba<\/I>, he was full, satisfied<\/I>, or gave that which was full<\/I> or satisfactory<\/I>. Hence an oath<\/I> and swearing<\/I>, because appealing to God, and taking him for witness in any case of promise, c., gave full<\/I> and sufficient security<\/I> for the performance and if done in evidence, or to the truth of any particular fact, it gave full<\/I> security<\/I> for the truth of that evidence. An oath, therefore, is an appeal to God<\/I>, who knows all things, of the truth of the matter in question: and when a religious man takes such an oath, he gives full and reasonable satisfaction that the thing is so<\/I>, as stated; for it is ever to be presumed that no man, unless in a state of the deepest degradation<\/I>, would make such an appeal falsely, for this would imply an attempt to make God a party in the deception<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n When thou hast a call and just cause to swear. By his name<\/I>, understand only<\/I>, as Deu 5:2<\/span>, not by idols, or any creatures. <\/P> <\/p>\n Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him<\/strong>,…. Serve him through fear; not through slavish fear, a fear of hell and damnation; but through filial fear, a reverential affection for that God that had brought them out of a state of bondage into great and glorious liberty, out of Egypt into Canaan’s land, out of a place of misery into a land of plenty; and therefore should fear the Lord and his goodness, and from such a fear of him serve him, in every part of worship, public and private, enjoined; this passage Christ refers to Mt 4:10<\/span><\/p>\n and shalt swear by his name<\/strong>; when they made a covenant with any, or were called to bear a testimony for the decision of any controversy which could not be otherwise finished; or whenever they took an oath on any account, which should never be taken rashly or on any trivial account, and much less falsely; it should be taken not in the name of any idol, or of any other but the true and living God; the Targum of Jonathan is,<\/p>\n “in the name of the Word of the Lord, in truth ye shall swear.”<\/p>\n 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God. Hence it is more evident why He has just declared that there is One God, viz., that He alone may be undividedly worshipped; for unless our minds are fixed on Him alone, religion is torn, as it were, into divers parts, and this is soon followed by a labyrinth of errors. But, first, he calls for reverence, and then for the worship which may testify and demonstrate it. “Fear” contains in it the idea of subjection, when men devote themselves to God, because His terrible majesty keeps them in their proper place. Hence results worship, which is the proof of piety. But we must observe that the fear enjoined in this passage is voluntary, so that men influenced by it desire nothing more than to obey God. When I stated, therefore, that God brings us under the yoke by a sense of His power and greatness, I did not understand that a violent and servile obedience is extorted from us; I only wished to affirm that men cannot be induced to obey God, before they have been subdued by fear; because their innate corruption always carries with it a contempt for religion, and a spirit of licentiousness. Therefore, in Jeremiah (Jer 5:22<\/span>), in order to exhort men to fear, He sets forth His terrible power in restraining the strength of the sea; but this fear leads on His true worshippers further. In the other passage which we have subjoined from Deu 10:0<\/span>, the word cleave again confirms the truth, that as soon as men decline from God in the least degree, His worship is corrupted. For this is the meaning of that union with Himself to which He calls His worshippers, that they should be, as it were, glued to Him, and should not look elsewhere. <\/p>\n (13) Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him.<\/strong>Literally, Jehovah thy God thou shalt fear, and him shalt thou serve: i.e., <\/em>Him only, as translated by the LXX., and cited by our Lord in His temptation. It is remarkable that all His answers to the tempter were taken not only from Deuteronomy, but from one and the same portion of Deuteronomy<\/em>Deuteronomy 5-10 inclusivethe portion which applies the principles of the Decalogue to Israels life.<\/p>\n And shalt swear by his name.<\/strong>Comp. Exo. 23:13<\/span>. Make no mention of the name of other gods. The principle was not unknown to the patriarchs. Laban appealed to the God of Nahor, but Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac (Gen. 31:53<\/span>). (Comp. Jer. 5:7<\/span> : Thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by . . . no-gods.)<\/p>\n 13<\/strong>. <\/strong> Swear by his name <\/strong> Not servile fear, but reverential awe, is enjoined. This was the essential basis of Hebrew worship. The oath in the name of Jehovah was equivalent to a solemn acknowledgment of belief in him. This command is not to be considered inconsistent with what the Saviour enjoins in Mat 5:34<\/span>.<\/p>\n Ver. <\/em><\/strong>13. <\/strong>Thou shaltswear by his name<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> An oath is a solemn act of religious worship; so, to swear by any other name than that of the true God, is to recognize another god as the true one, and to fall into a polytheism. Hence it follows, that the words, thou shalt swear by his name, <\/em>are synonymous with thou shalt profess the true religion; <\/em>and, in divers passages of the Old Testament, the worshippers of the true God are especially characterised as those who swear by the name of the Lord. <\/em>God himself, foretelling, by the mouth of Isaiah, the conversion of the Gentiles, does it in these words; unto me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear, <\/em>chap. Isa 45:23<\/span> which St. Paul explains, every tongue shall confess to God. <\/em>Rom 14:11<\/span>. See also Isa 19:18<\/span>; Isa 65:16<\/span>. Jer 4:1-2<\/span>; Jer 5:7<\/span>. This appears to be the true meaning of the passage: many, however, understand it, that in taking an oath they were to swear only by Jehovah, and never by any of the gods of the Gentiles. See Jos 23:7-8<\/span>. <\/p>\n These are so many, beautiful repetitions of the same important precepts; and all leading to the same point, to intimate the jealousy of the LORD over his people. Reader! only pause and consider what evidences of divine love the life of every truly regenerated disciple of the blessed JESUS is marked with, in the original, free, and unpurchased mercy of the FATHER; the tender and expensive testimonies of the SON, and the gracious tokens of the HOLY GHOST; and then ask yourself whether such unequalled love hath not a just cause for jealousy; and especially, when you and I sometimes, and not unfrequently, allow even the slightest and most trifling things to carry away our mind and affection from the LORD GOD of all our happiness.<\/p>\n Deu 6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.<\/p>\n Ver. 13. And shalt swear by his name.<\/strong> ] An oath rightly taken, is a piece of our holy service to God, and may well be reckoned amongst our prayers and other pious performances.<\/p>\n Thou shalt fear. Read this verse as follows, and preserve the emphasis on “Him”, and the Figure of speech Polysyndeton, App-6: “Jehovah, thy Elohim, Him shalt thou reverence, And Him shalt thou serve, And by His Name shalt thou swear. “<\/p>\n fear <\/p>\n (See Scofield “Psa 19:9”). <\/p>\n fear: Deu 6:2, Deu 5:29, Deu 10:12, Deu 10:20, Deu 13:4, Mat 4:10, Luk 4:8 <\/p>\n and serve him: Our Saviour quotes these words thus: “And him only ( ), shalt thou serve;” from which it would appear, that the word levaddo was anciently in the Hebrew Text, as it was in the Septuagint, Coptic, Vulgate (illi soli), and Anglo-Saxon. Dr. Kennicott argues that without the word only, the text would not have conclusive for the purpose for which our Lord advanced it. It is proper, however, to observe, that the word levaddo is not found in any manuscript yet collated, though retained in the above versions. <\/p>\n shalt swear: Lev 19:12, Jos 2:12, Psa 15:4, Psa 63:11, Isa 45:23, Isa 65:16, Jer 4:2, Jer 5:2, Jer 5:7, Jer 12:16 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 21:23 – swear Gen 24:3 – swear Gen 31:53 – fear Gen 42:15 – By the life Exo 23:25 – And ye Deu 5:11 – General Deu 28:58 – fear this glorious 1Sa 7:3 – serve him 1Sa 20:3 – sware 1Ki 8:40 – fear thee 2Ki 17:36 – him shall ye fear 2Ch 30:8 – serve Neh 13:25 – made them Isa 48:1 – which swear<\/p>\n Deu 6:13. Shall swear by his name Not by idols, or any creatures, but only by his name, when thou hast a call and just cause to swear. But some think, from comparing this with other passages, the words rather mean, that they were to be steadfast in the acknowledgment and worship of the true God, and in professing that religion which he had instituted. Thus, (Isa 19:18,) to swear to the Lord of hosts, is to profess the true religion. And Gods words, by the same prophet, (Isa 45:23,) Unto me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear, are interpreted by St. Paul to mean, Every tongue shall confess to God, Rom 14:11. Thus, (Psa 63:11,) Every one that sweareth by him, signifies, every worshipper of the true God.<\/p>\n 6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt {f} swear by his name.<\/p>\n (f) We must fear God, serve him only and confess his Name, which is done by swearing lawfully.<\/p>\n Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 13. him shalt thou fear serve swear by his name ] Intended to cover the whole sphere of religion: the spiritual temper (on the frequent enforcement of the fear of God and its meaning see on Deu 4:10); acts … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:13”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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