Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 6

1NowH859this is thecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֗הha.mitz.VahH4687, thestatutesהַֽחֻקִּים֙ha.chu.KimH2706, and thejudgmentsוְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםve.ha.mish.pa.TimH4941,whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430commandedצִוָּ֛הtzi.VahH6680toteachלְלַמֵּ֣דle.la.MedH3925youH859, that ye mightdoלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213them in thelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776whither yegoעֹבְרִ֥ים'oe.RimH5674over topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it:

2that thou mightestfearתִּירָ֜אti.Ra'H3372theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, tokeepלִ֠שְׁמֹרLish.morH8104allכָּל־kol-H3605hisstatutesחֻקֹּתָ֣יוchu.ko.TavH2708and hiscommandmentsוּמִצְוֹתָיו֮u.mitz.vo.TavH4687,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834Icommandמְצַוֶּךָ֒me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee, thou, and thysonוּבִנְךָ֣u.vin.KhaH1121, and thyson’sוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121sonבִּנְךָ֔bin.KhaH1121,allכֹּ֖לkolH3605thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thylifeH3117; and that thydaysיָמֶֽיךָ׃ya.Mei.khaH3117may beprolongedיַאֲרִכֻ֥ןya.'a.ri.KhunH748.

3Hearוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085therefore, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, andobserveוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ve.sha.mar.TaH8104todoלַעֲשׂ֔וֹתla.'a.SotH6213it; that it may bewellיִיטַ֣בyi.TavH3190with thee, and that ye mayincreaseתִּרְבּ֖וּןtir.BunH7235mightily, as theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of thyfathersאֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙'a.vo.Tei.khaH1, hathpromisedדִּבֶּ֨רdi.BerH1696unto thee, in alandאֶ֛רֶץ'E.retzH776flowingזָבַ֥תza.VatH2100withmilkחָלָ֖בcha.LavH2461andhoneyוּדְבָֽשׁ׃ פu.de.VashH1706.

4Hear, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430is oneLORDיְהוָ֥ה׀Yah.wehH3068:

5and thou shaltloveוְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ve.'A.hav.taH157theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430withallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thineheartלְבָבְךָ֥le.va.ve.KhaH3824, and withallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605thysoulנַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.KhaH5315, and withallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605thy might.

6Andtheseהָאֵ֗לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697,whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117, shall beuponעַל־'al-H5921thineheartלְבָבֶֽךָ׃le.va.Ve.khaH3824:

7and thou shaltteachH8150themdiligentlyH8150unto thychildrenלְבָנֶ֔יךָle.va.Nei.khaH1121, and shalttalkוְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ve.di.bar.TaH1696of them when thou sittest in thinehouseבְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙be.vei.Te.khaH1004, and when thou walkest by thewayבַדֶּ֔רֶךְva.De.rekhH1870, and when thou liestdownוּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖u.ve.sha.khe.be.KhaH7901, and when thou risestupוּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃u.ve.ku.Me.chaH6965.

8And thou shaltbindוּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥םu.ke.shar.TamH7194them for asignלְא֖וֹתle.'otH226uponעַל־'al-H5921thinehandיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027, and they shall be for frontletsbetweenבֵּ֥יןbeinH996thineeyesעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

9And thou shaltwriteוּכְתַבְתָּ֛םu.khe.tav.TamH3789themuponH5921thedoorH4201postsH4201of thyhouseבֵּיתֶ֖ךָbei.Te.khaH1004, anduponH5921thygatesוּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ סu.vish.'a.Rei.khaH8179.

10And it shall be, when theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallbringיְבִיאֲךָ֣׀ye.vi.'a.KhaH935theeintoאֶל־'el-H413thelandהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834he sware unto thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָla.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1, toAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֛םle.'av.ra.HamH85, toIsaacלְיִצְחָ֥קle.yitz.ChakH3327, and toJacobוּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖בu.le.ya.'a.KoH3290, togiveלָ֣תֶתLa.tetH5414thee;greatגְּדֹלֹ֥תge.do.LotH1419and goodlycitiesעָרִ֛ים'a.RimH5892,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou buildedstnotלֹא־lo'-H3808,

11andhousesוּבָ֨תִּ֜יםu.Va.TimH1004fullמְלֵאִ֣יםme.le.'ImH4392ofallכָּל־kol-H3605goodטוּב֮tuvH2898things,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thou filledstnotלֹא־lo'-H3808, andcisternsוּבֹרֹ֤תu.vo.RotH953hewnחֲצוּבִים֙cha.tzu.VimH2672outחָצַ֔בְתָּcha.Tzav.taH2672,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thou hewedstnotלֹא־lo'-H3808,vineyardsכְּרָמִ֥יםke.ra.MimH3754andoliveוְזֵיתִ֖יםve.zei.TimH2132treesH2132,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thou plantedstnotלֹא־lo'-H3808, and thou shalteatוְאָכַלְתָּ֖ve.'a.khal.TaH398and befullH4392;

12thenbewareהִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thouforgetתִּשְׁכַּ֖חtish.KachH7911theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,whichאֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherH834broughtH3318theeforthH3318outH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,outH3318of thehouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondageעֲבָדִֽים׃'a.va.DimH5650.

13Thou shaltfearתִּירָ֖אti.Ra'H3372theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430; and him shalt thouserveתַעֲבֹ֑דta.'a.VodH5647, and shaltswearתִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ti.sha.Ve.a'H7650by hisnameוּבִשְׁמ֖וֹu.vish.MoH8034.

14Ye shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808goafterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, of thegodsמֵאֱלֹהֵי֙me.'e.lo.HeiH430of thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971whichH834areroundH5439aboutH5439youH834;

15for theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in themidstבְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָbe.kir.Be.chaH7130of thee is ajealousקַנָּ֛אka.Na'H7067Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theangerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodH430bekindledיֶ֠חֱרֶהYe.che.rehH2734againstH5921thee, and hedestroyוְהִשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔ve.hish.Mi.de.khaH8045thee fromoffH5921thefaceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of theearthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ סha.'a.da.MahH127.

16Ye shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808tempt theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, as yetemptedH5254him inMassahבַּמַּסָּֽה׃ba.ma.SahH4532.

17Ye shalldiligentlyשָׁמ֣וֹרsha.MorH8104keepתִּשְׁמְר֔וּןtish.me.RunH8104thecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֖תmitz.VotH4687of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, and his testimonies, and hisstatutesוְחֻקָּ֖יוve.chu.KavH2706,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he hathcommandedצִוָּֽךְ׃tzi.VakhH6680thee.

18And thou shaltdoוְעָשִׂ֛יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213thatwhichH834isrightהַיָּשָׁ֥רhai.ya.SharH3477andgoodוְהַטּ֖וֹבve.ha.TovH2896in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: that it may bewellיִ֣יטַבYi.tavH3190with thee, and that thou mayestgoוּבָ֗אתָu.Va.taH935in andpossessוְיָֽרַשְׁתָּ֙ve.ya.rash.TaH3423thegoodהַטֹּבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068sware unto thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1,

19tothrustלַהֲדֹ֥ףla.ha.DofH1920outH6440allכָּל־kol-H3605thineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֖יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341frombeforeH6440thee, as theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696.

20When thysonבִנְךָ֛vin.KhaH1121asketh thee in time tocomeמָחָ֖רma.CharH4279,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Whatמָ֣הmahH4100mean the testimonies, and thestatutesוְהַֽחֻקִּים֙ve.ha.chu.KimH2706, and thejudgmentsוְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםve.ha.mish.pa.TimH4941,whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430hathcommandedצִוָּ֛הtzi.VahH6680youH834?

21then thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto thysonלְבִנְךָ֔le.vin.KhaH1121, We werePharaoh’sלְפַרְעֹ֖הle.far.'OhH6547bondmen inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714; and theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068broughtH3318usH559outH3318ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714with amightyחֲזָקָֽה׃cha.za.KahH2389handבְּיָ֥דbe.YadH3027:

22and theLORDיְהוָ֡הYah.wehH3068shewedsignsאוֹתֹ֣ת'o.TotH226andwondersוּ֠מֹפְתִיםU.mo.fe.timH4159,greatגְּדֹלִ֨יםge.do.LimH1419and sore, uponEgyptבְּמִצְרַ֛יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, uponPharaohבְּפַרְעֹ֥הbe.far.'OhH6547, and uponallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605hishouseבֵּית֖וֹbei.ToH1004,beforeH5869oureyesלְעֵינֵֽינוּ׃le.'ei.Nei.nuH5869:

23and hebroughtהָבִ֣יאha.Vi'H935usH5414outהוֹצִ֣יאho.Tzi'H3318from thence, that he mightbringH935usH5414in, togiveלָ֤תֶתLa.tetH5414usH5414thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he sware unto ourfathersלַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃la.'a.vo.Tei.nuH1.

24And theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068commandedוַיְצַוֵּ֣נוּvay.tza.Ve.nuH6680usH3117todoלַעֲשׂוֹת֙la.'a.sOtH6213allH3605theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428statutesהַחֻקִּ֣יםha.chu.KimH2706, tofearלְיִרְאָ֖הle.yir.'AhH3372theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, for ourgoodלְט֥וֹבle.TovH2896alwaysH3117, that he mightpreserveלְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּle.chai.yo.Te.nuH2421usH3117aliveH2421, as at thisdayH3117.

25And it shall berighteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.KahH6666untousH3588,ifH3588weH3588observeנִשְׁמֹ֨רnish.MorH8104todoלַעֲשׂ֜וֹתla.'a.SotH6213allכָּל־kol-H3605thiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687beforeלִפְנֵ֛יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, as he hathcommandedצִוָּֽנוּ׃ סtzi.Va.nuH6680usH3588.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6

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