61 "Now this is the commandment , the statutes and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where e you are going over to possess it, 2 so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the Lord your God , to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life , and that your days may be prolonged .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:1-2
Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:1-3
(Read Deuteronomy 6:1-3)
In this and the like passages, the "commandments" seem to denote the moral law, the "statues" the ceremonial law, and the "judgments" the law by which the judges decided. Moses taught the people all that, and that only, which God commanded him to teach. Thus Christ's ministers are to teach his churches all he has commanded, neither more nor less, Matthew 28:20. The fear of God in the heart will be the most powerful principle of obedience. It is highly desirable that not we only, but our children, and our children's children, may fear the Lord. Religion and righteousness advance and secure the prosperity of any people.