Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Cross-references For Better Understanding a Related Topics b Additional Materials c

Summary

• God destroyed nations that choose such evil ways, and gave their land to you. He will destroy you if you go after their ways. (No favoritism, just justice if you reject his mercy.)

Details and/or Comments

• When you enter the land, you must serve the True God.

• You must be entirely devoted to him and teach your children to do the same.

• Do not test the True God, or go after the false gods of the nations that surround you.

• Remember (and teach your children) what God has done for you in the past, and what he will do in the future (if you remain faithful to him).

Scripture

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Scripture Passage	Comments and Links
Deu 6:1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it; Deu 6:2 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Deu 6:3 Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.	When they enter the land, they must serve the God who brought them to it and gave it to them... that it may go well with them. Fear of God Blessings with Obedience
Deu 6:4 Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one: Deu 6:5 and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Deu 6:6 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; Deu 6:7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. Deu 6:8 You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes. Deu 6:9 You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.	There is ONE God and his ways must permeate your life and your children's lives. God - A Description of Him The Need for Obedience The Training of Children
Deu 6:10 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build, Deu 6:11 and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full; Deu 6:12 then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.	God is giving you cities and houses and lands filled with things that you yourselves did not make. Beware lest you abandon the God who did this. Land Given by God Abandoning the True God
Deu 6:13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name. Deu 6:14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you; Deu 6:15 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.	You must serve the true God and not the fakes of the nations around you, or he will destroy you (as he did them). Fear of God Following the True God First Commandment God - A Description of Him
Deu 6:16 You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah. Deu 6:17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. Deu 6:18 You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, Deu 6:19 to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.	Don't “tempt” him but do what is right. Putting God to the Test
Deu 6:20 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you? Deu 6:21 then you shall tell your son, We were Pharaoh's bondservants in Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand; Deu 6:22 and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes; Deu 6:23 and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers. Deu 6:24 Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day. Deu 6:25 It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.	Teach your children these things. The Training of Children

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