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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Ver. 4, 5. The Lord our God is one Lord, &c.— As polytheism was the great error of the world, the Jewish religion and laws were calculated to strike at the root of that epidemical evil. Therefore, the first and fundamental article of their creed is, that, as there is but one supreme God, Jehovah, the self-existent and everlasting; so he alone is to be the object of worship, in opposition to the many idols and false gods which were worshipped by the heathen nations. For this purpose, Le... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 6:1-3

Exhortation to observe the principles 6:1-3These verses announce the commandments that follow and give the reason for obeying them: God’s blessing. God’s blessing would come in the form of long life, peace and prosperity, and numerous descendants. The "fear" of God (Deuteronomy 6:2; cf. Deuteronomy 5:29, 35 (Deuteronomy 6:2); et al.) is the respect that comes from an appreciation of His character."It is a fear that produces not obeisance but obedience, not worry but worship (Deuteronomy 6:13)."... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

The essence of the principles 6:4-5Here the actual exposition of the Decalogue begins with an explanation and implications of the first commandment. Moses presented Yahweh as the one true God who requires complete devotion."With this chapter we come to the pivot around which everything else in Deuteronomy revolves-the Shema or Great Commandment, as it has also come to be known (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). . . . In turn, the statutes and ordinances explicate in specific and concrete ways the meaning of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Practical ExhortationsTo the repetition of the Decalogue Moses adds in the following chapters a practical exhortation to obedience founded on the special relation of Jehovah to Israel as their Redeemer (6-11). Deuteronomy 6 particularly insists upon the remembrance of God’s statutes and the training of the children in them.4, 5. Our Lord calls these words ’the first and great commandment.’ They express the highest truth and duty revealed to the Hebrew nation: the truth of God’s unity and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:3

(3) That ye may increase mightily . . . in the land.—The position of Israel in the land, and their continuance therein, depended entirely on their fulfilment of the purpose for which they were brought there—the observance of the Law of Jehovah, as it applied to their peculiar situation. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

(4, 5) Hear, O Israel . . .—These two verses are styled by our Lord “the first and great commandment” in the Law. The first words of the Talmud concern the hours when this form should be recited in daily morning or evening prayer—“Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah” The unity of Jehovah, as opposed to the belief in “gods many and lords many,” is the key-note of the Jewish faith. “We worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity.” But this truth, though visible in the Old... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:5

(5) With all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.—The word “heart” has been taken both as “thought” and “affection.” Hence, perhaps, the four terms, “heart, mind, soul, and strength,” which we find in St. Mark 12:30. Bashi says upon the expression “all thy heart”—“with both natures” (the good and evil nature). “With all thy soul” he expounds thus: “Even though He take it (thy life) from thee.” And “with all thy might” he paraphrases in a truly practical and characteristic... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

The Message of the Book of Deuteronomy Deuteronomy 6:4 The book which lies before us is, in many ways, the most interesting and impressive of the Pentateuch. The message that this book brings us, coming as it does after the book of Numbers, is a most essential one. Numbers told us of the arrest in the deliverance of the nation; of the thirty-seven years of wandering sent as the punishment of unbelief. But it told us also how the people were brought back to obedience, and were made ready to go... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

LOVE TO GOD THE LAW OF LIFEDeuteronomy 6:4-5IN these verses we approach "the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments" which it was to be Moses’ duty to communicate to the people, i.e., the second great division of the teaching and guidance received at Sinai. But though we approach them we do not come to them for a number of chapters yet. We reach them only in chapter 12, which begins with almost the same words as chapter 6. What lies between is a new exhortation, very similar in tone and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

2. The First Commandment and What It Involves CHAPTER 6 1. Hear, therefore, O Israel! (Deuteronomy 6:1-3 ) 2. The first commandment (Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ) 3. The remembrance of these words and practical obedience (Deuteronomy 6:6-25 ) “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... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 6:1-3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:3

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:5

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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