Deuteronomio 13:4

4 Sirve sólo al Señor
tu Dios y teme solamente a él. Obedece sus mandatos, escucha su voz y aférrate a él.

Deuteronomio 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 13:4

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God
As he has directed, according to the laws and rules which he has given, both with respect to their moral and civil conduct, and their religious worship of him; and so the Targum of Jonathan,

``ye shall walk after the worship of the Lord your God:''

and fear him, and keep his commandments;
fear to offend him, and so keep his commandments; or keep his commandments from or through fear; not a servile but a filial one, a reverential affection for him; this is the whole duty of man, ( Ecclesiastes 12:13 ) ,

and obey his voice;
in his word, or by his prophets and ministers: it may very well be understood of the voice of Christ, the Angel that went before them, whose voice they were continually to hearken to and obey, ( Exodus 23:21 Exodus 23:22 )

and you shall serve him, and cleave unto him;
it may respect all religious worship, both private and public; the Targum of Jonathan restrains it to prayer, but it not only includes that, but all other acts of piety and devotion, and which are to be constantly performed and not departed from; for so to do is to cleave to the Lord as a man to his wife, or a woman to her husband, in which conjugal relation God and his people Israel were, he was an husband unto them, and to do otherwise is to go a whoring from him after other gods.

Deuteronomio 13:4 In-Context

2 y resulta que esas señales o milagros se cumplen. Si de pronto ellos dicen: “Ven, rindamos culto a otros dioses” —dioses que hasta entonces no conocías—

3 no los escuches. El Señor
tu Dios te está probando para ver si realmente lo amas con todo el corazón y con toda el alma.

4 Sirve sólo al Señor
tu Dios y teme solamente a él. Obedece sus mandatos, escucha su voz y aférrate a él.

5 Los falsos profetas o los soñadores que traten de descarriarte serán ejecutados, porque fomentan la rebelión contra el Señor
tu Dios, quien te libertó de la esclavitud y te sacó de la tierra de Egipto. Ya que tratan de desviarte del camino que el Señor
tu Dios te ordenó que siguieras, tendrás que quitarles la vida. De esa manera, eliminarás la maldad que hay en medio de ti.

6 »Supongamos que alguien trata de persuadirte en secreto —incluso podría ser tu hermano, tu hijo o tu hija, tu amada esposa o tu mejor amigo— y te dice: “Vamos, rindamos culto a otros dioses”, dioses que ni tú ni tus antepasados jamás conocieron.