Key Features Of The Greatest Commandments

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Deuteronomy 6 discusses the greatest commandment. Moses tells the Israelites, while they are in root to the Promised Land, that they must love God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength; furthermore, that they must write these commandments down and that they must be a part of their everyday life. Moses further explains, that from obedience comes an enjoyable life and disobedience leads to sorrow.
After receiving the 10 commandments in chapter 5, Moses explains the greatest commandment. The literary context of this passage is sermon. Moses is teaching the Israelites what the lord has told him “now this is the commandment—the statutes …show more content…

Some possible meanings for echad are:one (number), each, every, a certain, an (indefinite article), only, once, once for all, and first (Blue Letter Bible).

In verse 5

The commandments or words referred to in verse 6 are not only the Ten Commandments but the entirety of what God expects. The phrase “upon your hearts” indicates they should perpetually be in thought (Longman, et al. 557).
The expressions in verse 7, “sit … walk,” “lie down … get up” are opposite terms and refer not just to the actions but the specific actions but everything inbetween such as “A to Z.” The Israelites are to make God a part of their entire life (Longman, et al. 557). In verse 8 , Moses tells the Israelites to tie them to their hands and bind them to their foreheads. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary claims that hands and foreheads means actions and attitudes; likewise,
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the Word Biblical Commentary puts it like this: “the focus on teaching your children “these words” diligently within the context of the family-- at all conceivable times and places --illustrates once again the pedagogical purpose of Deuteronomy.” (Christensen,143 )

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