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Text -- Deuteronomy 6:1-7 (NET)
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Context
Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles
6:1 Now these are the commandments , 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 headed
6:2 and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you , your children , and your grandchildren – all your lives , to prolong your days .
6:3 Pay attention , Israel , and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number– as the Lord , God of your ancestors , said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey .
The Essence of the Covenant Principles
6:4 Listen , Israel : The Lord is our God , the Lord is one !
6:5 You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind , your whole being , and all your strength .
Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles
6:6 These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind ,
6:7 and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house , as you walk along the road , as you lie down , and as you get up .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Frontlets |
CATECHIST; CATECHUMEN |
Obligation |
Moses |
Obedience |
God |
Blessing |
Phylactery |
Commandments |
Door-posts |
WORSHIP |
Law |
DOOR |
FRONTLETS, OR PHYLACTERIES |
Heart |
TEACH; TEACHER; TEACHING |
SYNAGOGUE |
Phylacteries |
Children |
ORDINANCE |
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NET Notes: Deu 6:1 Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”
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NET Notes: Deu 6:2 Heb “commanding.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation.
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NET Notes: Deu 6:4 Verses 4-5 constitute the so-called Shema (after the first word שְׁמַע, shÿma’, “hear”), wi...
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