Deuteronomy 6:3
Hebrew Bible
1 Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed 2 and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all your lives, to prolong your days. 3 Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number—as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! 5 You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Deuteronomy 6:3
Septuagint
1 “And these are the commands and the ordinances and the judgments that our God commanded you to teach to do so in the land into which you are entering there to take possession of it; 2 so that you might fear the Lord your God, keep all his ordinances and his commands that I command you today, you and your sons and the sons of your sons all the days of your life that you may live long. 3 And hear, O Israel, and be mindful to do them, that it may go well with you and that you might increase very much just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, spoke, to give over to you a land flowing with milk and honey. 4 “And these are the ordinances and the judgments that the Lord commanded the sons of Israel when they came out from the land of Egypt: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 And you will love the Lord your God from your whole mind and from your whole soul and from your whole strength.
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... The translator here is more aware of context, bringing different passages into line with each other. He is concerned with halakic matters (that is, with the correct observance of the law). Sometimes he appears to 'update' his translation. In 23:18, for instance, he apparently adds initiation into the Greek mysteries to the list of forbidden practices. He, too, translates rather literally and his Greek is less polished and innovative than that, say, of the Genesis or Exodus translators. Other interesting passages include 6.4, where the Shema is preceded by an echo of 4:45 (perhaps associating 6:4 with the Decalogue), and 32:43 (the end of the Song of Moses). This has expansions similar to 4Q31 ..."
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