Israel commanded to love the LORD wholeheartedly
Moses declared, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One,” and commanded the people to love Him with all their heart, soul, and strength. His words were to be taught diligently to their children (Deuteronomy 6:1-25).
1These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess, 2so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged. 3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.