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Deut. 6:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

Hearg, O Israel: The Lord our God is oneh Lord:

Mark 12:29‑32• ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
³⁰And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
³²And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: (Mark 12:29‑32)

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John 17:3• ³And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)

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1 Cor. 8:4,6• ⁴As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
⁶But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. (1 Cor. 8:4,6)

2 Kings 19:15• ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

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{Shema Yisraêl, Yehowah, Elohainoo, Yehowah aichod,} "Hear, Israel, Jehovah, our God,is one Jehovah."

On this passage the Jews lay great stress; and it is one of the four passages which they write on their phylacteries: On the word {Elohim,} Simeon Ben Joachi says:

"Come and see the mystery of the word {Elohim:}

there are three degrees, and each degree is by itself alone, and yet they are all one, and joined together in one, and are not divided from each other."the Lord,

Deut. 4:35‑36• ³⁵Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
³⁶Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. (Deut. 4:35‑36)

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Deut. 5:6• ⁶I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. (Deut. 5:6)

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1 Kings 18:21• ²¹And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. (1 Kings 18:21)

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2 Kings 19:5• ⁵So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. (2 Kings 19:5)

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1 Chron. 29:10• ¹⁰Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. (1 Chron. 29:10)

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Isa. 42:8• ⁸I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. (Isa. 42:8)

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Isa. 44:6,8• ⁶Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
⁸Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. (Isa. 44:6,8)

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Isa. 45:5‑6• ⁵I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
⁶That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:5‑6)

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Jer. 10:10‑11• ¹⁰But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
¹¹Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. (Jer. 10:10‑11)

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John 17:3• ³And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)

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1 Cor. 8:4‑6• ⁴As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
⁵For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
⁶But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. (1 Cor. 8:4‑6)

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1 Tim. 2:5• ⁵For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Tim. 2:5)

• We have here presented to us that great cardinal truth which the nation of Israel was specially responsible to hold fast and confess, namely, the unity of the Godhead. This truth lay at the very foundation of the Jewish economy. It was the grand center round which the people were to rally. So long as they maintained this, they were a happy, prosperous, fruitful people; but when it was let go, all was gone. (“Deuteronomy 6” by C.H. Mackintosh)

• It was Israel’s high privilege and holy responsibility to bear a steady witness to the truth contained in that one weighty sentence, “The Lord our God is one Lord,” in marked opposition to the false gods innumerable of the heathen around. Their father Abraham had been called out from the very midst of heathen idolatry, to be a witness to the one true and living God, to trust Him; to walk with Him; to lean on Him; and to obey Him. (“Deuteronomy 6” by C.H. Mackintosh)

• This very truth was the one as to which they most speedily and signally failed. The promises, vows, and resolutions made under the powerful influence of Joshua’s appeal soon proved to be like the early dew and the morning cloud that passeth away (Judg. 2:7-13). (“Deuteronomy 6” by C.H. Mackintosh)

• The long, dark, dreary night shall be followed by the brightest day that has ever shone upon this earth; the daughter of Zion shall bask in the bright and blessed beams of “the Sun of Righteousness”; and “the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” (“Deuteronomy 6” by C.H. Mackintosh)

• Like Israel, in Canaan; so the church, as the responsible steward of the mysteries of God, was no sooner set in its place, than it began to totter and fall. It almost immediately began to give up those grand truths which were characteristic of its very existence, and which were to mark off Christianity from all that had gone before. Even under the eyes of the apostles of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, errors and evils had begun to work which sapped the very foundations of the church’s testimony. (“Deuteronomy 6” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

Hear, Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah;

W. Kelly Translation

Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one.