Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Hear	וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ ve.sha.ma'.Ta	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
observe	וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ ve.sha.mar.Ta	H8104	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
do	לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
well	יִיטַ֣ב yi.Tav	H3190	to be (causative) make well · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
increase	תִּרְבּ֖וּן tir.Bun	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
mightily	מְאֹ֑ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֤י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
fathers	אֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ 'a.vo.Tei.kha	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
promised	דִּבֶּ֨ר di.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	אֶ֛רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute
floweth	זָבַ֥ת za.Vat	H2100	to flow freely (as water) · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular construct
milk	חָלָ֖ב cha.Lav	H2461	milk (as the richness of kine) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
honey	וּדְבָֽשׁ u.de.Vash	H1706	honey (from its stickiness) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon th…
Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unt…
Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him,…
Genesis 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the…
Genesis 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the sout…
Isaiah 3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:1-3

Observe here, 1. That Moses taught the people all that, and that only, which God commanded him to teach them, Deu 6:1. Thus Christ's ministers are to teach his churches all that he has commanded, and neither more nor less, Mat 28:20. 2. That the end of their being taught was that they might do as they were taught (Mat 28:1), might keep God's statutes (Deu 6:2), and observe to do them, Deu 6:3. Good instructions from parents and ministers will but aggravate our condemnation if we do not live up to them. 3. That Moses carefully endeavoured to fix them for God and godliness, now that they were entering upon the land of Canaan, that they might be prepared for the comforts of that land, and forti…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it,.... Or them, the commandments given them: that it may be well with thee; in body and estate: and that ye may increase mightily; not only in wealth and riches, but chiefly in numbers: as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee; a promise of increase of numbers was frequently made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; as that their seed should be as the stars of heaven, and as the dust of the earth, and the sand on the sea shore, innumerable; see Genesis 15:5 and this especially in the land that floweth with milk and honey; a very common periphrasis of the land of Canaan, because of the plenty of good things in it; see Exodus 3:8.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 6:1-3

Deuteronomy 6:1-3, 17-19 1. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it; 1. Istud autem est praeceptum, statuta et judicia quae praecepit Jehova Deus vester ut docerem vos, ut faciatis illa in terra ad quam vos transitis ut possideatis: 2. That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee; thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life, and that thy days may be prolonged. 2. Ut timeas Jehovam Deum tuum, custodiendo omnia statuta ejus et praecepta ejus, quae ego praecipio tibi, tu et…

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Dictionary and topics

Affections, The · Should be supremely set upon God — Should be supremely set upon God
Frontlets · A leather band worn on the forehead, containing certain commandments — A leather band worn on the forehead, containing certain commandments
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED
Reward · A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS — A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 6:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:1-3

John Gill on Deuteronomy 6:3

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 6:1-3

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Deuteronomy 6:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:1-3

John Gill on Deuteronomy 6:3

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 6:1-3

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 6:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 6:3