6“This is the command—the statutes and ordinances—the Lord your God has instructed me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess. ^w²Do this so that you may fear ^xthe Lord your God ^yall the days of your life ^zby keeping all His statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life. ^a³Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. ^b

⁴“Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One. ^c^d⁵Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. ^e⁶These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. ^f⁷Repeat them to your children. ^gTalk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ⁸Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol ^hon your forehead. ⁱ^j⁹Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Read in Logos

Deuteronomy 6:4–5: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Footnotes

c6:4 Or Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is One, or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone, or The Lord our God is one Lord
h6:8 Or phylactery; Mt 23:5
i6:8 symbol between your eyes

Cross references

w6:1 Dt 3:12
x6:2 Dt 14:23
y6:2 Dt 6:24; 10:12; 14:23; 17:19; 31:12–13; Jos 4:24; 24:14; 1Sm 12:14, 24; 2Kg 17:34–39
z6:2 Dt 4:9; 16:3; 17:19; Jos 1:5; 4:14; 1Sm 1:11; 7:15; 1Kd 4:21; 11:34; 15:5–6; 2Kg 25:29–30
a6:2 Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16
b6:3 Ex 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lv 20:24; Nm 16:13–14; Dt 11:9; 26:9, 15; 27:3; Jos 5:6; Jr 11:5; 32:22
d6:4 Zch 14:9; Mk 12:29, 32; Rm 3:30; 1Co 8:6; Eph 4:6; 1Tm 2:5; Jms 2:19
e6:5 Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30; Lk 10:27
f6:6–9 Dt 11:18–20
g6:7 Dt 4:9–10
j6:8 Ex 13:16; Dt 11:18