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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, 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 thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.
³¹And a second like it [is] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
³²And the scribe said unto him, Right, teacher, thou hast said the truth; for he is one, and there is none other; (Mark 12:29‑32)

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

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1 Cor. 8:4,6• ⁴Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one.
⁶yet to us [there is] one God the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we unto 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 Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, 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 shown, that thou mightest know that Jehovah, he is God—there is none other besides him.
³⁶From the heavens he made thee hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and on the earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words from the midst of the fire. (Deut. 4:35‑36)

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Deut. 5:6• ⁶I am Jehovah thy God who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah before all the congregation, and David said, Blessed be thou, Jehovah God of Israel our father, forever and ever. (1 Chron. 29:10)

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Isa. 42:8• ⁸I [am] Jehovah; that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images. (Isa. 42:8)

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Isa. 44:6,8• ⁶Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel and his Redeemer Jehovah of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and besides me there is no God.
⁸Fear not, neither be afraid: have not I caused thee to hear long ago, and showed [it]? And ye [are] my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not [any]. (Isa. 44:6,8)

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Isa. 45:5‑6• ⁵I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, there is no God besides 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 besides me. I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, (Isa. 45:5‑6)

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Jer. 10:10‑11• ¹⁰But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
¹¹Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. (Jer. 10:10‑11)

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

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1 Cor. 8:4‑6• ⁴Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one.
⁵For even if there are [so-]called gods whether in heaven, or on earth, as there are gods many and lords many;
⁶yet to us [there is] one God the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we unto 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, one Mediator also of God and men, Christ Jesus a man, (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.