Deuteronomy 6:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:1

The Greatest Commandment

1 “Now this is ^athe commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,

2 ^athat you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, ^band that your days may be prolonged.

3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may ^amultiply greatly ^bas the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—^c‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

4 ^a“Hear, O Israel:¹ The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

5 ^aYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, ^bwith all your soul, and with all your strength.

6 “And ^athese words which I command you today shall be in your heart.

7 ^aYou shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

8 ^aYou shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

9 ^aYou shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Caution Against Disobedience

10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He¹ swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities ^awhich you did not build,

11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—^awhen you have eaten and are full—

12 then beware, lest you forget the ^aLord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

13 You shall ^afear the Lord your God and serve Him, and ^bshall take oaths in His name.

14 You shall not go after other gods, ^athe gods of the peoples who are all around you

15 (for ^athe Lord your God is a jealous God ^bamong you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.

16 ^a“You shall not¹ tempt the Lord your God ^bas you tempted Him in Massah.

17 You shall ^adiligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you.

18 And you ^ashall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers,

19 ^ato cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

20 ^a“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

21 then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt ^awith a mighty hand;

22 and the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household.

23 Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He¹ swore to our fathers.

24 And the Lord commanded us to observe all these² statutes, ^ato fear the Lord our God, ^bfor our good always, that ^cHe might preserve us alive, as it is³ this day.

25 Then ^ait will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 6:1

<< Deuteronomy 5:33

Deuteronomy 6:2 >>

American Standard Version
Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;

Amplified® Bible
NOW THIS is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to which you go to possess it,

Contemporary English Version
The LORD told me to give you these laws and teachings, so you can obey them in the land he is giving you. Soon you will cross the Jordan River and take that land.

Darby English Version
And these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye may do them in the land whereunto ye pass over to possess it,

Good News Bible
"These are all the laws that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

King James Version
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, 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:

New American Standard Bible
"Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded {me} to teach you, that you might do {them} in the land where you are going over to possess it,

New International Version
These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

New King James Version
'Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now this constitutes the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it,

Revised Standard Version
"Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it;

Young's Literal Translation
`And this `is' the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it,

New English Translation
Now these are the commandments,¹ statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed²

<< Deuteronomy 5:33

Deuteronomy 6:2 >>