Deuteronomy 6:1
Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:
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Exodus 23:13Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.
Numbers 36:13These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.
Deuteronomy 4:1And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:14And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.
Deuteronomy 5:31But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.
Ezekiel 37:24And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:1
Moses, in this chapter, goes on with his charge to Israel, to be sure to keep up their religion in Canaan. It is much the same with ch. iv. I. His preface is a persuasive to obedience, ver. 1-3 . II. He lays down the great principles of obedience. The first truth to be believed, That God is one, ver. 4 . The first duty to be done, To love him with all our heart, ver. 5 . III. He prescribes the means for keeping up religion, ver. 6-9 . IV. He cautions them against those things which would be the ruin of… Read the whole commentary →