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Deuteronomy 6:20 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 6 · verse 20
And 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?Deuteronomy 6:20 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 6:20 in context
18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
20And 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?
21Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
22And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- testimoniesʻêdâhtestimonyH5713 →
- judgmentsmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- statuteschôqan enactmentH2706 →
- askethshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- comemâchârproperly, deferredH4279 →
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Here, I. Moses charges them to keep God's commandments themselves: You shall diligently keep God's commandments, Deu 6:17-19. Note, It requires a great deal of care and pains to keep up religion in the power of it in our hearts and lives. Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-25