The Church Fathers on this verse

Deuteronomy 6:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

These are the precepts, and ceremonies, and judgments, which the Lord your God commanded that I should teach you, and that you should do them in the land into which you pass over to possess it:

Douay-Rheims

וְזֹ֣את הַמִּצְוָ֗ה הַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם לְלַמֵּ֣ד אֶתְכֶ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם עֹבְרִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Vissarion (Nechaev)

19th centuryCommentator

These instructions represent the principles, rules, and judgments that you, the people of Israel, are to follow when you reach the Promised Land.

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