Deuteronomy 6:1

This, then is the commandment—[namely] the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God hath commanded to teach you,—that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The 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:

In Context

2that thou mayest revere Yahweh thy God, [so as] to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I am commanding thee, thou and thy son and thy sons’ son, all the days of thy life,—and that thy days may be prolonged.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:13And, in all that I have said unto thee, shalt thou take heed to thyself,—and the name of other gods, shalt thou not mention, it shall not be heard upon thy mouth.

Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and the regulations which Yahweh gave in charge, by the hand of Moses, unto the sons of Israel,—in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.

Deuteronomy 4:1Now, therefore, O Israel, hearken thou unto the statutes, and unto the regulations, which, I, am teaching you, to do [them],—to the end ye may live and enter and possess the land, which, Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving unto you.

Deuteronomy 4:14And unto me, gave Yahweh command, at that time, to teach you statutes and regulations,—that ye should do them, in the land whereinto ye are passing over to possess it.

Deuteronomy 5:31Thou, therefore here stand with me and let me speak unto thee—all the commandment and the statutes and the regulations which thou shalt teach them,—that they may do [them] in the land which I am giving unto them to possess it.

Ezekiel 37:24And my servant David shall be king over them, And one shepherd, shall they all have, And in my regulations, shall they walk, And my statutes, shall they observe 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 →

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