Deuteronomy 6:16 . See Exodus 17:7 *, cf. Matthew 4:7.— tempt: better “ test” ; cf. the cognate noun (“ temptation = testing) in Deuteronomy 4:34 *.— Massah (= testing) is another cognate noun ( Exodus 17:7 *). The word-play is lost in the translation. Deuteronomy 6:20-Lamentations : . See Deuteronomy 4:10. Deuteronomy 6:25 . righteousness: i.e. prosperity as in II Isaiah. read more
The benefit of obedience is ours, not God’s Job 35:7 and therefore our obedience is highly reasonable, and absolutely necessary. read more
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
Deuteronomy 6:24 I. Let us examine the popular idea as to the excessive severity and formality of this law. To a transgressor who had not in him the living principle of obedience it was, no doubt, fearfully formal and stern. So is our statute-book to a felon, while on you and me it sits lightly as the air. Judaism was given from Sinai to that people for that people's good. It was God's best gift to them as they stood there before the mountain. Its relation to the future was their relation to... read more
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
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
Deuteronomy 6:24The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes.The moral significance of God’s lawsThe doctrine of this text is that God’s laws are for the good of His subjects; that the basis of all His laws is benevolence; that their foundation is love.I. This fact is well attested.1. In the nature of the commands.2. In the experience of His subjects. The loyal have ever been the happiest.II. This fact reveals the divine character.1. Unbounded love.2. Complete wisdom.3. Absolute... read more
to fear: Deuteronomy 6:2 for our good: Deuteronomy 10:13, Job 35:7, Job 35:8, Proverbs 9:12, Isaiah 3:10, Jeremiah 32:39, Matthew 6:33, Romans 6:21, Romans 6:22 he might: Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:4, Deuteronomy 8:1, Deuteronomy 8:3, Psalms 41:2, Psalms 66:9, Proverbs 22:4, Romans 10:5 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:28 - as it is this day read more
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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:20-25
And What They Know For Themselves They Must Explain To Their Children So That Righteousness Might Prevail In The Land (Deuteronomy 6:20-25 ). Analysis in the words of Moses: a When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you, mean?” (Deuteronomy 6:20). b Then you shall say to your son, “We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt, and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand (Deuteronomy... read more