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Time after Pentecost · Proper 26 · Year B

Deuteronomy 6:1-9

The Shema: Hear, O Israel

October 31, 2027

Moses, Lorenzo Monaco
Moses, Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1408–10The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Moses sits enthroned against a gold ground in a pointed arch, robed in blue and rose, holding the two tablets of the law as the prophet of Israel.Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.Lorenzo MonacoA Camaldolese monk in Florence who was both a manuscript illuminator and one of the last great painters of the gold-ground tradition.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which makes its public-domain pictures free for anyone to use.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 12:28-37Mk 12:28-37
EpistleHeb. 9:11-14 (15-22)Heb 9:11-14 (15-22)
Old TestamentDeut. 6:1-9Dt 6:1-9
PsalterPs. 119:1-8Ps 119:1-8

Overview & Insights

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)

Moses gives Israel the Shema, the confession that the Lord alone is God, commanding wholehearted love for him and charging parents to teach these words diligently to their children at home and away, day and night.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:1-9Working Preacher: Commentary on Dt 6:1-9 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the Shema and its call to love God.

Enduring Word: Deuteronomy 6Enduring Word: Dt 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Deuteronomy 6 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Dt 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Study page gathering many commentators on the Shema.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Dt 6:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the opening of the Shema.

StudyLight: Deuteronomy 6 CommentariesStudyLight: Dt 6 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Deuteronomy 6 gathered on one page.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Deuteronomy OverviewBibleProject: Dt Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the design and message of Deuteronomy.

Sefaria: Deuteronomy 6 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Dt 6 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Deuteronomy 6 InterlinearBibleHub: Dt 6 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Deuteronomy 6Catena: Dt 6 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Deuteronomy 6.

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