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Deuternomium 6:13

Listen to Deuternomium 6:13
13 Jehova, deinen Gott, sollst du fürchten und ihm dienen, und bei seinem Namen sollst du schwören.

Deuternomium 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him
Serve him through fear; not through slavish fear, a fear of hell and damnation; but through filial fear, a reverential affection for that God that had brought them out of a state of bondage into great and glorious liberty, out of Egypt into Canaan's land, out of a place of misery into a land of plenty; and therefore should fear the Lord and his goodness, and from such a fear of him serve him, in every part of worship, public and private, enjoined; this passage Christ refers to ( Matthew 4:10 )

and shalt swear by his name;
when they made a covenant with any, or were called to bear a testimony for the decision of any controversy which could not be otherwise finished; or whenever they took an oath on any account, which should never be taken rashly or on any trivial account, and much less falsely; it should be taken not in the name of any idol, or of any other but the true and living God; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``in the name of the Word of the Lord, in truth ye shall swear.''
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Deuternomium 6:13 In-Context

11 und Häuser, voll von allem Gut, die du nicht gefüllt, und gehauene Zisternen, die du nicht gehauen, Weinberge und Olivengärten, die du nicht gepflanzt hast, und du essen und satt werden wirst:
12 so hüte dich, daß du Jehovas nicht vergessest, der dich herausgeführt hat aus dem Lande Ägypten, aus dem Hause der Knechtschaft.
13 Jehova, deinen Gott, sollst du fürchten und ihm dienen, und bei seinem Namen sollst du schwören.
14 Ihr sollt nicht anderen Göttern nachgehen, von den Göttern der Völker, die rings um euch her sind;
15 denn ein eifernder Gott ist Jehova, dein Gott, in deiner Mitte: Damit nicht der Zorn Jehovas, deines Gottes, wider dich entbrenne, und er dich vertilge vom Erdboden hinweg.
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