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Deuteronomy 6

1Nowthisisthecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֗הha.mitz.VahH4687,thestatutesH2706,andtheordinancesH4941,whichJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430commandedצִוָּ֛הtzi.VahH6680toteachלְלַמֵּ֣דle.la.MedH3925you,thatyemightdotheminthelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776whither yegoovertopossessH3423it;

2thatthou mightestfearתִּירָ֜אti.Ra'H3372JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,tokeepלִ֠שְׁמֹרLish.morH8104allhisstatutesH2708andhiscommandmentsוּמִצְוֹתָיו֮u.mitz.vo.TavH4687,whichIcommandמְצַוֶּךָ֒me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee, thou,andthysonH1121,andthyson’sH1121sonH1121,allthedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofthylife;andthatthydaysיָמֶֽיךָ׃ya.Mei.khaH3117maybeprolongedH748.

3Hearוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085therefore,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andobserveH8104todoit;thatitmaybewellיִיטַ֣בyi.TavH3190withthee,andthatyemayincreaseתִּרְבּ֖וּןtir.BunH7235mightily,asJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofthyfathersH1, hathpromisedunto thee,inalandאֶ֛רֶץ'E.retzH776flowingזָבַ֥תza.VatH2100withmilkחָלָ֖בcha.LavH2461andhoneyוּדְבָֽשׁ׃ פu.de.VashH1706.

4Hear,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:JehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430isoneJehovah:

5andthou shaltloveוְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ve.'A.hav.taH157JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430withallthyheartלְבָבְךָ֥le.va.ve.KhaH3824,andwithallthysoulH5315,andwithallthymight.

6Andthesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697,whichIcommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680theethisdayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117,shallbeוְהָי֞וּve.ha.YuH1961uponthyheartלְבָבֶֽךָ׃le.va.Ve.khaH3824;

7andthou shaltteachthemdiligentlyunto thychildren,andshalttalkofthemwhenthou sittestinthyhouseבְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙be.vei.Te.khaH1004,andwhenthou walkestbythewayH1870,andwhenthou liestdownוּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖u.ve.sha.khe.be.KhaH7901,andwhenthou risestup.

8Andthou shaltbindH7194themforasignלְא֖וֹתle.'otH226uponthyhandיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027,andtheyshallbeוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961forfrontletsbetweenthineeyesעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

9Andthou shaltwriteוּכְתַבְתָּ֛םu.khe.tav.TamH3789themuponthedoor-postsofthyhouseבֵּיתֶ֖ךָbei.Te.khaH1004,anduponthygatesH8179.

10Anditshallbeוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961,whenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallbringיְבִיאֲךָ֣׀ye.vi.'a.KhaH935theeintothelandהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichhesware unto thyfathersH1,toAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֛םle.'av.ra.HamH85,toIsaacלְיִצְחָ֥קle.yitz.ChakH3327,andtoJacobוּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖בu.le.ya.'a.KoH3290,togiveלָ֣תֶתLa.tetH5414thee,greatH1419andgoodlycitiesעָרִ֛ים'a.RimH5892,whichthou buildestnot,

11andhousesH1004fullמְלֵאִ֣יםme.le.'ImH4392ofallgoodטוּב֮tuvH2898things,whichthou filledstnot,andcisternsH953hewnout,whichthou hewedstnot,vineyardsכְּרָמִ֥יםke.ra.MimH3754andolive-trees,whichthou plantedstnot,andthou shalteatוְאָכַלְתָּ֖ve.'a.khal.TaH398andbefullH4392;

12thenbewarelestפֶּן־pen-H6435thouforgetתִּשְׁכַּ֖חtish.KachH7911Jehovah,whobroughtH3318theeforthH3318outofthelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,outofthehouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondage.

13Thou shaltfearתִּירָ֖אti.Ra'H3372JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430;andhimshalt thouserveתַעֲבֹ֑דta.'a.VodH5647,andshaltswearתִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ti.sha.Ve.a'H7650byhisnameוּבִשְׁמ֖וֹu.vish.MoH8034.

14Yeshallnotgoafterotherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,ofthegodsמֵאֱלֹהֵי֙me.'e.lo.HeiH430ofthepeoplesH5971thatareroundH5439aboutyou;

15forJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430inthemidstבְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָbe.kir.Be.chaH7130oftheeisajealousקַנָּ֛אka.Na'H7067Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovahthyGodH430bekindledagainstthee,andhedestroyוְהִשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔ve.hish.Mi.de.khaH8045theefromoffthefaceH6440oftheearthH127.

16YeshallnottemptJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,asyetemptedhiminMassahבַּמַּסָּֽה׃ba.ma.SahH4532.

17YeshalldiligentlykeepH8104thecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֖תmitz.VotH4687ofJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andhistestimonies,andhisstatutesH2706,whichhehathcommandedצִוָּֽךְ׃tzi.VakhH6680thee.

18Andthou shaltdothatwhichisrightהַיָּשָׁ֥רhai.ya.SharH3477andgoodוְהַטּ֖וֹבve.ha.TovH2896inthesightofJehovah;thatitmaybewellיִ֣יטַבYi.tavH3190withthee,andthatthou mayestgoוּבָ֗אתָu.Va.taH935inandpossessH3423thegoodהַטֹּבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichJehovahsware unto thyfathersH1,

19tothrustoutallthineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֖יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341frombeforethee,asJehovahhathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696.

20WhenthysonH1121asketh theeintimeH4279tocome,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Whatmeanthetestimonies,andthestatutesH2706,andtheordinancesH4941,whichJehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430hathcommandedצִוָּ֛הtzi.VahH6680you?

21thenthou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto thysonH1121, WewereH1961Pharaoh’sbondmeninEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714:andJehovahbroughtH3318usoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714withamightyH2389handבְּיָ֥דbe.YadH3027;

22andJehovahshowedsignsאוֹתֹ֣ת'o.TotH226andwondersוּ֠מֹפְתִיםU.mo.fe.timH4159,greatגְּדֹלִ֨יםge.do.LimH1419andsore, uponEgyptבְּמִצְרַ֛יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, uponPharaohבְּפַרְעֹ֥הbe.far.'OhH6547,anduponallhishouseH1004,beforeoureyesלְעֵינֵֽינוּ׃le.'ei.Nei.nuH5869;

23andhebroughtהָבִ֣יאha.Vi'H935usoutfromthence,thathemightbringH935usin,togiveלָ֤תֶתLa.tetH5414usthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichhesware untoourfathersH1.

24AndJehovahcommandedוַיְצַוֵּ֣נוּvay.tza.Ve.nuH6680ustodoallthesestatutesH2706,tofearלְיִרְאָ֖הle.yir.'AhH3372JehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,forourgoodלְט֥וֹבle.TovH2896always,thathemightpreserveלְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּle.chai.yo.Te.nuH2421usaliveH2421,asatthisdayH3117.

25AnditshallbeH1961righteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.KahH6666untous,ifweobserveH8104todoallthiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687beforeJehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,ashehathcommandedצִוָּֽנוּ׃ סtzi.Va.nuH6680us.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6

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