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Then all will go well with you, and you will have many children in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do them, so that it may go well for you and that you may increase greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> O Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore listen, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly [in numbers], as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Listen, 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.&#8221 <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Pay attention, Israel! Our ancestors worshiped the LORD, and he promised to give us this land that is rich with milk and honey. Be careful to obey him, and you will become a successful and powerful nation. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Listen, Israel, and be careful to obey these laws. Then things will go well for you and your population will increase in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD God of your ancestors promised you. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Listen to them, people of Israel, and obey them! Then all will go well with you, and you will become a mighty nation and live in that rich and fertile land, just as the LORD, the God of our ancestors, has promised. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Listen, Israel! Be careful to obey, so that life may go well for you and that you may increase greatly. Just as the LORD God of your ancestors told you, you'll have a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number--as the LORD, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/6.htm">World English Bible</a> Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you have heard, O Israel, and observed to do [them], that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply exceedingly, as YHWH, God of your fathers, has spoken to you, [in] the land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, in the land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And hear, O Israel, and watch to do, that it shall be well to thee, and that ye shall multiply greatly as Jehovah the God of your fathers spake to thee, a land flowing with milk and honey.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the things which the Lord hath commanded thee, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be greatly multiplied, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath promised thee a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Listen and observe, O Israel, so that you may do just as the Lord has instructed you, and it may be well with you, and you may be multiplied all the more, for the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Hear then, Israel, and be careful to observe them, that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly; for the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe and do them; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase greatly; for the LORD God of your fathers has promised you that he will give you a land that flows with milk and honey. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Hear, Israel, and keep and do, that it will be good for you and you will increase greatly as LORD JEHOVAH the God of your forefathers said to you, that He shall give you the land that flows with milk and honey.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee--a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do them, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may be greatly multiplied, as the Lord God of thy fathers said that he would give thee a land flowing with milk and honey: and these are the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded the children of Israel in the wilderness, when they had gone forth from the land of Egypt. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1964" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">The Greatest Commandment</a> …2so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged. 3<a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: wə·šā·ma‘·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Hear,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">O Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: wə·šā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and be careful</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to observe them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">so that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: yî·ṭaḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively.">you may prosper</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: tir·būn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">and multiply</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">greatly</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in a land</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: zā·ḇaṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">flowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: ḥā·lāḇ (N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">with milk</a> <a href="/hebrew/1706.htm" title="1706: ū·ḏə·ḇāš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Honey. From an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey; by analogy, syrup.">and honey,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of your fathers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">has promised</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you.</a> 4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a> Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... <a href="/mark/12-29.htm">Mark 12:29-31</a> Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. / Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ / The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” <a href="/luke/10-27.htm">Luke 10:27</a> He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a> Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.” <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3-12</a> If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. ... <a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Joshua 1:8</a> This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. <a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">Psalm 119:1-2</a> Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23</a> but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/ezekiel/36-27.htm">Ezekiel 36:27-28</a> And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. / Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God. <a href="/romans/10-17.htm">Romans 10:17</a> Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Hebrews 4:2</a> For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. <a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22-25</a> Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ... <a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">1 John 5:3</a> For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” <a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Galatians 3:14</a> He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey.and observe<a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Deuteronomy 4:6</a> Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.<a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Deuteronomy 5:32</a> Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.<a href="/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12</a> Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:that ye may<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a> 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:<a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a> 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.<a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a> 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, So shall thy seed be.in the land<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a> 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, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-27.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-27.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/numbers/16-14.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-11.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/genesis/7-19.htm">Mightily</a> <a href="/numbers/16-14.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-27.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-11.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-5.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/6-7.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-12.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Mightily</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-9.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-18.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 6</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">The end of the law is obedience</a> 3. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">An exhortation thereto</a> 20. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">What they are to teach their children</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The phrase "Hear, O Israel" is part of the Shema, a foundational declaration of faith in Judaism. It underscores the collective responsibility of the nation to heed God's word. This call to listen is not just auditory but implies obedience and action, reflecting the covenant relationship between God and Israel.and be careful to observe them The emphasis on careful observance highlights the need for diligence in following God's laws. This reflects the covenantal stipulations given at Sinai, where obedience is tied to the blessings and curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The Hebrew word for "observe" implies guarding or keeping, suggesting a proactive and intentional approach to living out God's commandments.so that you may prosper and multiply greatly Prosperity and multiplication are seen as blessings from God, contingent upon obedience. This promise echoes the Abrahamic covenant in <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a>, where God promises to make Abraham a great nation. The idea of prosperity here is holistic, encompassing spiritual, physical, and communal well-being, aligning with the biblical principle that obedience leads to blessing.in a land flowing with milk and honey This phrase describes the Promised Land's fertility and abundance, symbolizing God's provision and faithfulness. Archaeological evidence supports the agricultural richness of ancient Canaan, with its diverse ecosystems supporting livestock and agriculture. The imagery of milk and honey conveys a land of sustenance and sweetness, contrasting with the Israelites' experience in Egypt and the wilderness.just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you This statement reaffirms God's faithfulness to His covenant promises made to the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It connects the present generation to their ancestral heritage and God's unchanging nature. The fulfillment of these promises is a testament to God's sovereignty and reliability, encouraging trust and obedience among the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, consisting of the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They are the primary audience of this command. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader of Israel who delivered God's laws and commandments to the people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who made promises to the patriarchs and is faithful to fulfill them. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> Referred to as "a land flowing with milk and honey," symbolizing abundance and God's provision. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers (Patriarchs)</a> Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to whom God made promises regarding their descendants and the land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_and_obedience.htm">The Importance of Listening and Obedience</a> The command to "hear" and "be careful to observe" emphasizes the need for attentive listening and diligent obedience to God's Word. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> The reference to "the God of your fathers" reminds us of God's unchanging nature and His faithfulness to fulfill His promises. <a href="/topical/b/blessings_of_obedience.htm">Blessings of Obedience</a> The promise that "it may go well with you" underscores the principle that obedience to God leads to blessings and prosperity. <a href="/topical/g/generational_impact.htm">Generational Impact</a> The call to obedience is not just for individual benefit but for the prosperity and growth of future generations in the land. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_abundance.htm">Spiritual Abundance</a> The imagery of a land "flowing with milk and honey" can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual abundance found in a life aligned with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 6</a> <a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a> <a href="/q/common_muslim_qanda.htm">What are common Muslim questions and their answers?</a> <a href="/q/does_archaeology_support_israel's_prosperity.htm">If Deuteronomy 26 credits divine blessing for agricultural abundance, what archaeological evidence supports or disputes such prosperity in ancient Israel? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_the_trinity.htm">What is the Bible's teaching on the Trinity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) That ye may increase mightily . . . in the land.--The position of Israel in the land, and their continuance therein, depended entirely on their fulfilment of the purpose for which they were brought there--the observance of the Law of Jehovah, as it applied to their peculiar situation.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - God had promised from the first to the patriarchs that he would make of their posterity a great nation (<a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a>; <a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">Genesis 17:6</a>; <a href="/genesis/18-18.htm">Genesis 18:18</a>). But the fulfillment of this promise was conditioned by their continuing as a people in the fear of God, and in obedience to his Law. Everything, then, depended on their hearing what Moses had been commanded to teach them, and observing to do it (cf. <a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Leviticus 26:9</a>, etc.). In the land, etc. This is to be connected with the clause, "that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily;" the land was to be the scene and sphere of their prosperity and increase. Some would render thus: "As the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee a laud," etc., i.e. a place in which thou mayest prosper and increase; the other, however, is the more natural construction and rendering. There is, indeed, no preposition before "the land" in the Hebrew; but nothing is more common in that language than for the accusative of a noun to be used adverbially to describe the place where anything is done. Milk and honey; emblem of fruitfulness and sweetness (<a href="/songs/4-11.htm">Song of Solomon 4:11</a>); proverbially descriptive of Canaan, as rich in pasturage for flocks, and abounding in flowers whence the bees could extract honey (cf. <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8, 17</a>). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Hear, וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ (wə·šā·ma‘·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently O Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and be careful וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ (wə·šā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to to observe them, לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make so that אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you may prosper יִיטַ֣ב (yî·ṭaḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3190.htm">Strong's 3190: </a> To be good, well, glad, or pleasing and multiply תִּרְבּ֖וּן (tir·būn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great greatly מְאֹ֑ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily in a land אֶ֛רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land flowing זָבַ֥ת (zā·ḇaṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow with milk חָלָ֖ב (ḥā·lāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> Milk and honey, וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (ū·ḏə·ḇāš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1706.htm">Strong's 1706: </a> Honey, syrup just as כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD, יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of your fathers, אֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ (’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father has promised דִּבֶּ֨ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue you. לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 6:3 Hear therefore Israel and observe to do (Deut. 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