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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:4

"Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah; and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for... read more

Thomas Coke

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 Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 6:8

Ver. 8. Thou shalt bind then, for a sign— The Lord is pleased to take every method most likely to preserve in the minds of the Israelites a conscientious regard to the precepts which he enjoined. He not only commands, that their children be early and diligently instructed in them, but that they should bind them for a sign upon their hands, &c. that is, that they should make them as familiar to them as if they were written upon their arms or foreheads, or upon the posts of their houses, or... 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 6:6-9

Exhortation to teach the principles 6:6-9This section contains instructions for remembering and teaching these great truths to the following generations."In the psychology of the Old Testament the heart is not the center of emotional life and response but the seat of the intellect or rational side of humankind. To ’be upon the heart’ is to be in one’s constant, conscious reflection." [Note: Merrill, Deuteronomy, p. 167.] "The reason for this emphasis on the children is clear. Deuteronomy is... 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 6:4-5

(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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:7

(7) And thou shalt teach them diligently.—The same Jewish commentator remarks that there should be no hesitation in answering anything that a man might ask. Had this system of education been carried on from the first, the history of Israel would hare been very different from what it is. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:8

(8) And thou shalt bind them . . .—From this precept the Jews derive the use of the Tephillin, the portions of the Law which they bind upon the head or arm when about to pray. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:4

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

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 6:8

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 6:6-9

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

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 6:8

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