One Lord, One Love, One Loyalty: 6:1–6:3 This section starting back in 5:32 links the earlier recollection of the past events at Horeb and the actual exhortation and teaching of the law to the present generation that is launched at 6:4. Since it has now been established that Moses is God’s authorized spokesman, then the people’s obedience to what he tells them is effectively obedience to God, and any deviation to the right or to the left will be a rejection of the way of the Lord. In Hebrew, chapter 6 begins with “And this is the command . . . , ” which suggests that it is a continuation of the previous verses. The sequence of meaning is: “God gave me all this command (5:31) . . . So you be careful to do it (5:32f.) . . . And this is it (6:1ff.) . . . !”

The emphasis on motivational factors…