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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:9

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house, and on thy gates. To put them in mind of them when they went out and came in, that they might be careful to observe them; this the Jews take literally also, and write in a scroll of parchment this section with some passages; and, as the Targum of Jonathan here, fix them in three places, over against the bed chamber, upon the posts of the house, and on the gate at the right hand of it; and this is what they call the Mezuzah; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:10

And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land ,.... The land of Canaan, on the borders of which they now were, and were just going into: which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee ; of his own free favour and good will, without any merit and desert of theirs, and in which would be found great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not ; large and capacious, delightfully situated, well built, and strongly... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:11

And houses full of all good things which thou filledst not ,.... Not only full of good, convenient, and rich household furniture, but of the fruits of the earth, of corn, and wine, and oil, and also, perhaps, of gold and silver: and wells digged which thou diggedst not ; which in those hot and dry countries were in much esteem, and of great worth; see Genesis 26:18 , vineyards and olive trees which thou plantedst not ; which Canaan abounded with much more than Egypt, where there... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:12

Then beware lest thou forget the Lord ,.... To love, fear, and worship him, and keep his commands; creature enjoyments being apt to get possession of the heart, and the affections of it; Proverbs 30:9 . which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage ; into a land abounding with all the above good things, and therefore under the highest obligations to remember the Lord and his kindnesses, and to serve and glorify him: Exodus 20:2 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him ,.... 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,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:14

Ye shall not go after other gods ,.... To serve and worship them, and swear by them; and which indeed are no gods, only nominal and fictitious ones; idols which are nothing in the world, and ought to have no veneration and adoration given them; to go after them is to worship them, and this is to depart from the true God, and go a whoring after false deities: of the gods of the people which are round about you ; the gods of the Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, Philistines, and Egyptians;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:15

For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you ,.... He was near to them, in the midst of them, his tabernacle being placed between their camps; and was a God jealous of his honour and glory in matters of worship, and would resent any affront given him in that way: lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee ; there being nothing more apt to stir up his wrath than idolatry: and destroy thee from off the face of the earth ; suffer them to be carried captive out of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:1

Now these are the commandments, etc. - See the difference between commandments, statutes, judgments, etc., pointed out, Leviticus 26:15 ; (note). Do them - That is, live in the continual practice of them; for by this they were to be distinguished from all the nations of the world, and all these were to be in force till the Son of God should come. Whither ye go. עברים oberim , whither ye pass over, referring to the river Jordan, across which they must pass to get into Canaan. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:2

That thou mightest fear the Lord - Respect his sovereign authority as a lawgiver, and ever feel thyself bound to obey him. No man can walk either conscientiously or safely who has not the fear of God continually before his eyes. When this is gone, more than a guardian angel is fled. Thou, and thy son, and thy son's son - Through all thy successive generations. Whoever fears God will endeavor to bring up his children in the way of righteousness, that they also may fear God, and that pure... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it - Literally, Ye shall hear, O Israel, and thou shalt keep to do them. God is to be heard; no obligation without law to found it on, and no law in religion but from God. The commandment must be understood in order to be obeyed. It must be observed - attentively considered, in order to be understood. And, It must be performed, that the end for which it was given may be accomplished, viz., that God may be glorified, and that it may be well... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:3

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