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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses had rehearsed the law, reminded the people of the circumstances in which it was given, and now he sets forth its essential and fundamental doctrines, the nature and attributes of God and the mode of worshipping Him.Deuteronomy 6:1. Commandments. lit., commandment (sing. noun), equivalent to “the law,” cf. Deuteronomy 4:44, i.e., the sum and substance of all that Jehovah had given (cf. Keil). Statutes, etc., explanatory of the command.Deuteronomy 6:2. Reason for giving law... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Deuteronomy 6:13

fear (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Chapter 6So in chapter six:NOW these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land whither you go to possess it: That you may fear the LORD thy God, and to keep all of his statutes and commandments, which I command you. 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 your fathers has promised thee, in the land that flows... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Deuteronomy 6:4 . יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד , Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah. There is uniformly an elision of the letter ם mem, when the plural is associated with the noun; and the י yod is not used in the paradigm of Hebrew verbs to designate the plural noun. The name of the Divinity being here used three times, as in Psalms 33:6, Isaiah 49, 63., and the central name or noun, Elohinu, being in the plural number, indicates to us that mysterious sociality in the Trinity in unity, known... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:13

Deu 6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. Ver. 13. And shalt swear by his name. ] 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. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 6:13

fear: Deuteronomy 6:2, Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:20, Deuteronomy 13:4, Matthew 4:10, Luke 4:8 and serve him: Our Saviour quotes these words thus: "And him only (בץפש לןםש), 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... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.Shalt swear by his name — When thou hast a call and just cause to swear, not by idols, or any creatures. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:13

13. Swear by his name 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 Matthew 5:34. read more