Deuteronomy Chapter 6

Call to Commitment

¹ “Yahveh your God told me to teach you those statutes ² so you and your descendants would respect him and keep them your whole life and live a long time. ³ Do them, Israel, so things will go well for you, and you’ll multiply in a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁴ “Listen, Israel, Yahveh is our God, Yahveh only. ⁵ Love him with all your heart, soul, and strength. ⁶ Keep in mind the things I’m commanding you. ⁷ Teach them diligently to your children. Talk about them when you’re sitting at home, walking down the road, lying down, or getting up. ⁸ Tie them like signs on your hand and make them like frontlets on your forehead. ⁹ Write them on your gates and doorposts.

Deut 6:1-9

¹⁰ “The land Yahveh is taking you to has big, splendid cities you didn’t build, ¹¹ houses full of good things you didn’t put there, hewn cisterns you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees you didn’t plant. When you eat and are satisfied, ¹² make sure you don’t forget him. ¹³ Respect him only. Worship him and swear by him. ¹⁴ Don’t follow the gods of people around you. Yahveh is an exclusive God. ¹⁵ If you follow other gods, his anger will flare at you and wipe you off the earth.  

¹⁶ “Don’t test Yahveh like you did at Massah. ¹⁷ Diligently keep his statutes. ^18-19 Do what he considers right and good so things will go well, so he’ll drive out your enemies and you’ll take over the good land. ²⁰ When your children ask you what his statutes mean, ²¹ tell them, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, and he brought us out with a tremendous demonstration of power. ²² He showed us great terrifying signs and wonders against Egypt, Pharaoh, and his household. ²³ He brought us out to give us this land. ²⁴ He told us to observe these statutes, to always respect him for our own good, for our survival, as is the case today. ²⁵ We’ll be good if we observe everything he’s commanded.’                                                                 

Deut 6:10-25