“ And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: ”
Deuteronomy 6:4 to Deuteronomy 11:32 . General precepts resting upon the doctrine that Yahweh is the only true God. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 . Called by Jews the Shema from the first wordHear. Th...
this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26 .
6. And these words. In these four next verses God again commands (as before) the study of His Law. And first, indeed, He would have it implanted in their hearts, lest forgetfulness of it sho...
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Shall be in thine heart - For where else can love be? If it be not in the heart, it exists not. And if these words be not in t...
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Practical Exhortations To the repetition of the Decalogue Moses adds in the following Chapter s a practical exhortation to obedience founded on the special relation of Jehovah to Israel as their R...
EDUCATION-MOSAIC VIEW Deuteronomy 6:6-25 THOSE great verses, Deuteronomy 6:4-5 , form the central truth of the book. Everything else in it proceeds from and is informed by them, and they are d...
How to Treat God's Words Deuteronomy 6:1-19 Obedience is still the one condition of true prosperity and success. Lands still flow with milk and honey; and they live long who live well. Lives ar...
The appeal of Moses was now elaborated in a great statement on the deepest value of the commandment and the corresponding responsibilities of the people Observe the peculiar form of the opening state...
What can the imagination form of more loveliness, than that of beholding a pious parent encircled by his little family, to whom he is recounting the LORD'S gracious dealings with his soul. Reader! on...
THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF BIBLICAL RELIGION ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And...
And these words, which I command thee this day ,.... To hearken to, observe, and take notice of, that God is one, and is to be loved in the strongest manner that possibly can be: shall be in thine...
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Ver. 6. Shall be in thy heart. ] A Bible men should get stamped in their heads, and another in their hearts, as David had....
These words shall be in thy heart Though the words alone, without the things expressed by them, will do us no good, yet as we are in danger of losing the things if we neglect the words, we must, th...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (vs.1-9) The ten commandments have been reaffirmed in chapter 5; now Moses emphasizes and enlarges upon the significance of the four commandments, which we have seen deal...
Cautions and Precepts. B. C. 1451. 4 Hear, O Israel: The L ORD our God is one L ORD...
i.e. In thy mind to remember them, and meditate upon them, and in thy affection to love and pursue them.
The Essence Of The Covenant Is Love For Yahweh And They Must Look To No One Else ( Deuteronomy 6:4-15 ). For in this is the essence of the covenant, that they might recognise Yahweh as their one...
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...
Deuteronomy 6:1-2 . Now these are the commandments, the statues, 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: Th...
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...
These words. .. shall be in thine heart. The Scriptures to be laid to heart, and diligently taught I. The words concerning which the command is given, their nature and importance. 1. Their s...
The Emphatic Admonition
2 Corinthians 3:3 ; 2 John 1:2 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Deuteronomy 11:18 ; Deuteronomy 32:46 ; Isaiah 51:7 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ; Luke 2:51 ; Luke 8:15 ; Proverbs 2:10 ; Proverbs 2:11 ; Proverbs...