_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:_
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which
the Lord ... commanded.
The grand design of all t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THOU MIGHTEST FEAR THE LORD THY GOD, TO KEEP ALL HIS STATUTES
AND HIS COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I COMMAND THEE, THOU, AND THY SON, AND THY
SON'S SON, ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE; AND THAT THY DAYS MAY BE
PROLONGED._
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_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 THY
FATHERS HATH PROMISED THEE, IN THE LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND
HONEY._
As the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee. The reference is to
Genesis 15:5; E... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD:_ HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE
LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD - or, as the words may perhaps be better
translated, 'Hear, O Israel: _ YAHWEH_ (H3068) is our God (_ 'ELOHIYM_
(H430), plural), Yahweh alone.' [The Septuagint has: kurios ho Theos
heemoon kurios heis estin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THINE HEART, AND WITH
ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIGHT._
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_AND THOU SHALT TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY UNTO THY CHILDREN, AND SHALT
TALK OF THEM WHEN THOU SITTEST IN THINE HOUSE, AND WHEN THOU WALKEST
BY THE WAY, AND WHEN THOU LIEST DOWN, AND WHEN THOU RISEST UP._
Thou shalt teach them diligently, х_ WªSHINANTAAM_ (H8150)] - thou
shalt sharpen them. It is probab... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT BIND THEM FOR A SIGN UPON THINE HAND, AND THEY SHALL
BE AS FRONTLETS BETWEEN THINE EYES._
Thou shalt bind them for a sign, х_ Lª'OWT_ (H226)] - for a token, a
memorial. Rings were and are used on the wrists and the fingers, with
seals containing some moral or religious sentiment or... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT WRITE THEM UPON THE POSTS OF THY HOUSE, AND ON THY
GATES._
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_THOU SHALT FEAR THE LORD THY GOD, AND SERVE HIM, AND SHALT SWEAR BY
HIS NAME._
Shalt swear by his name. The reference is to solemn and judicial
oaths, an appeal to God being evidently sanctioned by the terms of the
third commandment, though limited in practice to grave occasions, and
directed by s... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT GO AFTER OTHER GODS, OF THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE WHICH ARE
ROUND ABOUT YOU;_
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_(FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD AMONG YOU) LEST THE ANGER OF
THE LORD THY GOD BE KINDLED_ _ AGAINST THEE, AND DESTROY THEE FROM OFF
THE FACE OF THE EARTH._
(For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) - literally, in the
midst of you. The threatening in this verse, annexed to Deuterono... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD, AS YE TEMPTED HIM IN MASSAH._
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_AND WHEN THY SON ASKETH THEE IN TIME TO COME, SAYING, WHAT MEAN THE
TESTIMONIES, AND THE STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS, WHICH THE LORD OUR
GOD HATH COMMANDED YOU?_
When thy son asketh thee. The directions given for the instruction of
their children form only an extension of the preceding counsels In... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, IF WE OBSERVE TO DO ALL THESE
COMMANDMENTS BEFORE THE LORD OUR GOD, AS HE HATH COMMANDED US._
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments. Every Israelite who yielded an external obedience to the
Mosaic law was termed righteous,... [ Continue Reading ]