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Deuteronomy 6:14

Deuteronomy 6:14
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Ye shall not go after other gods,.... To serve and worship them, and swear by them; and which indeed are no gods, only nominal and fictitious ones; idols which are nothing in the world, and ought to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 6:10-25

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 6:4-16

Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deu 6:4, Deu 6:5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ye shall not go after other gods, etc.] only states explicitly what is implicit in the preceding verses. As it is superfluous and introduces the Pl. form into a Sg. context, it may be confidently…