When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, ... seven nations greater and mightier than you, and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them....

And the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our...

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?” then you shall say to your son: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of...

And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. (Deuteronomy 6:18) There are several instances in the Scripture where it is...

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:8-9) In continuing with the theme of internalizing God's Word for ourselves and teaching...

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (Deuteronomy 6:7) One of the greatest treasures in this life, perhaps the greatest, is our children....

And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (Deuteronomy 6:6) In Jewish thinking, the statement above alludes to the notion that God's Words are to be upon our heart just as certainly as His Words were inscribed by His finger upon the two tablets...

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (Deuteronomy 6:5-6) Yesterday, we addressed the fact that true followers of the Messiah should be...

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (Deuteronomy 6:5-6) In Judaism, the phrase “And you shall love” is known as the v’ahavta –-...

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) In Hebrew, the word שמע Sh'ma ("hear") is written with the Hebrew letters ש shiyn, מ mem and ע...

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) These verses, known as the Sh'ma, essentially sum up the first two commandments given to Israel...

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) After relating the Ten Commandments to the next generation of Israelites, Moses proceeded to...