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</div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />In the future, when your son asks you, &#8220What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the LORD our God has commanded us to obey?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>And</i> when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What <i>mean</i> the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What <i>is the meaning of</i> the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD our God has commanded you?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What <i>do</i> the provisions and the statutes and the judgments <i>mean</i> which the LORD our God commanded you?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When your son asks you in time to come, saying, &#8216What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the LORD our God commanded you?&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What <i>do</i> the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments <i>mean</i> which the LORD our God commanded you?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What <i>do</i> the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments <i>mean</i> which Yahweh our God commanded you?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What <i>is the meaning</i> of the testimonies and statutes and judgments (precepts) which the LORD our God has commanded you?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you? ’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When your son asks you in the future, &#8216What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the LORD our God has commanded you?&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Someday your children will ask, "Why did the LORD give us these laws and teachings?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In the future your children will ask you, "What do these regulations, laws, and rules which the LORD our God commanded you mean to you?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"In times to come your children will ask you, 'Why did the LORD our God command us to obey all these laws?' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When your son asks you in the future, 'What is the meaning of the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the future, when your son asks, ?What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When your children ask you later on, "What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God has commanded you mean?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When your son asks you hereafter, saying, What [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments which our God YHWH has commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />When thy son shall ask thee tomorrow, saying, What the testimonies and the laws and the judgments which Jehovah our God commanded you?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What mean these testimonies, and ceremonies and judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded us? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when your son will ask you tomorrow, saying: ‘What do these testimonies and ceremonies and judgments mean, which the Lord our God has entrusted to us?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Later on, when your son asks you, “What do these decrees and statutes and ordinances mean?” which the LORD, our God, has enjoined on you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When your children ask you in time to come, “What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments which the LORD our God has commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when your son will ask you tomorrow and will say to you, ‘What is the Testimony and the Law and the Judgment that LORD JEHOVAH our God commanded you?.’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass when thy son shall ask thee at a future time, saying, What are the testimonies, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord our God has commanded us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2109" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/6.htm">Teach Your Children</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4279.htm" title="4279: mā·ḥār (Adv) -- Tomorrow, in time to come. Probably from 'achar; properly, deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter.">In the future,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇin·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">your son</a> <a href="/hebrew/7592.htm" title="7592: yiš·’ā·lə·ḵā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To ask, inquire. Or shael; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand.">asks,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“What</a> <a href="/hebrew/5713.htm" title="5713: hā·‘ê·ḏōṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Testimony, witness. Feminine of ed in its techn. Sense; testimony.">is the meaning of the decrees</a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: wə·ha·ḥuq·qîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">and statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: wə·ham·miš·pā·ṭîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Judgment. ">and ordinances</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.">that</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·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">our God</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">has commanded you?”</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-26.htm">Exodus 12:26-27</a></span><br />When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ / you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">Joshua 4:6-7</a></span><br />to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ / you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-3.htm">Psalm 78:3-4</a></span><br />that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. / We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Exodus 13:14-15</a></span><br />In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. / And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-1.htm">Psalm 44:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-13.htm">Judges 6:13</a></span><br />“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-2.htm">Psalm 105:2-5</a></span><br />Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. / Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. / Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2</a></span><br />and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/145-4.htm">Psalm 145:4-7</a></span><br />One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts— / the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works. / They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-19.htm">Isaiah 38:19</a></span><br />The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-15.htm">1 Peter 3:15</a></span><br />But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a></span><br />Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Romans 15:4</a></span><br />For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-1.htm">Hebrews 11:1-3</a></span><br />Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. / This is why the ancients were commended. / By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-39.htm">Acts 2:39</a></span><br />This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you?</p><p class="hdg">when thy son</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-7.htm">Deuteronomy 6:7</a></b></br> And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-26.htm">Exodus 12:26</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Exodus 13:14</a></b></br> And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What <i>is</i> this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:</p><p class="hdg">in time to come [heb] tomorrow </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Hereafter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/genesis/41-11.htm">Meaning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Stipulations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Testimonies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-5.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/23-23.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">Hereafter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-11.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-14.htm">Meaning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-11.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-23.htm">Stipulations</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">Testimonies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Time</a> <a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">The end of the law is obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">An exhortation thereto</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">What they are to teach their children</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>In the future, when your son asks,</b><br>This phrase anticipates a time when future generations will seek understanding of their heritage and faith. It underscores the importance of passing down the knowledge of God's laws and deeds to children. This reflects the biblical emphasis on generational teaching, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/78-4.htm">Psalm 78:4-6</a>, which speaks of telling the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord. The phrase also highlights the role of parents as primary educators in spiritual matters, a theme consistent throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>“What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances</b><br>The terms "decrees," "statutes," and "ordinances" refer to the comprehensive body of laws given by God to Israel. These laws were not merely legalistic requirements but were intended to shape the moral and spiritual life of the community. The use of multiple terms emphasizes the completeness and sufficiency of God's law. In the historical context, these laws distinguished Israel from surrounding nations, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Leviticus 18:3-5</a>, where God commands Israel not to follow the practices of Egypt or Canaan. The question implies a desire to understand the purpose and significance behind these laws, which is a key aspect of biblical teaching.<p><b>that the LORD our God has commanded you?”</b><br>This phrase acknowledges the divine origin of the laws, emphasizing that they are not human inventions but commands from the LORD, the covenant God of Israel. The use of "our God" signifies a personal relationship and covenant identity, as seen in <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>, where God calls Israel His treasured possession. The phrase also points to the authority of God over His people, a theme that runs throughout Deuteronomy. The laws are not arbitrary but are given by a God who desires a relationship with His people and who has their best interests at heart. This reflects the broader biblical narrative of God's redemptive plan, culminating in the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who delivered God's laws and commandments to the people. He is the speaker in Deuteronomy, providing guidance and instruction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now receiving God's laws as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, which the Israelites are about to enter.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The one true God who delivered the Israelites from Egypt and gave them His laws to follow.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/future_generations.htm">Future Generations</a></b><br>The children of the Israelites who will inquire about the meaning and purpose of God's laws.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_teaching.htm">The Importance of Teaching</a></b><br>Parents have a God-given responsibility to educate their children about His laws and deeds. This ensures that the faith and knowledge of God are passed down through generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_laws.htm">Understanding God's Laws</a></b><br>It is crucial for believers to understand the meaning and purpose behind God's commandments. This understanding helps in living a life that honors God and reflects His character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/engaging_with_questions.htm">Engaging with Questions</a></b><br>When children or new believers ask questions about faith, it is an opportunity to deepen their understanding and strengthen their relationship with God. Encourage curiosity and provide thoughtful, biblical answers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_faithfulness.htm">Remembering God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Reflecting on God's past actions, such as the deliverance from Egypt, helps believers trust in His continued faithfulness and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_out_the_faith.htm">Living Out the Faith</a></b><br>The decrees and statutes are not just historical commands but are relevant for guiding daily life. Believers are called to live out these principles in their communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'the_lord_is_one'_signify.htm">What does 'The Lord is One' signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_ontological_trinity.htm">What defines the Ontological Trinity in Christian theology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'jesus_is_lord'_signify.htm">What does 'Jesus is Lord' signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_finds_contradict_exodus.htm">Why do archaeological findings contradict the biblical Exodus story?</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>(20) <span class= "bld">What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments.</span>--These three words appear for the first time together in the introduction to this discourse (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-45.htm" title="These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.">Deuteronomy 4:45</a>). The Law, or <span class= "ital">Torah, </span>includes <span class= "ital">charges, </span>and <span class= "ital">institutions, </span>and <span class= "ital">requirements. </span>The Decalogue itself is primarily the <span class= "ital">Torah; </span>the charge which follows may come under the head of "testimony." The "statutes" and "judgments" more properly describe the contents of the chapters from Deuteronomy 11-26 inclusive.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20-25.</span> - The injunction to teach the words of the Lord to the children (ver. 7) is here more largely explained. When asked by their sons the meaning and reason of the commandments and institutes which they observed, they were to show them what the Lord had done for his people in bringing them out of Egypt and establishing them in Canaan, and how he had enjoined on them all these statutes that they might fear Jehovah their God for their good always, and for their preservation and safety. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">In the future,</span><br /><span class="heb">מָחָ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ḥār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4279.htm">Strong's 4279: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your son</span><br /><span class="heb">בִנְךָ֛</span> <span class="translit">(ḇin·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">asks you,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·’ā·lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7592.htm">Strong's 7592: </a> </span><span class="str2">To inquire, to request, to demand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“What</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the meaning of the decrees</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֵדֹ֗ת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ê·ḏōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5713.htm">Strong's 5713: </a> </span><span class="str2">Testimony, witness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and statutes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥuq·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed or owed, a statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ordinances</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ham·miš·pā·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has commanded you?”</span><br /><span class="heb">צִוָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiw·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 6:20 When your son asks you in time (Deut. 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