Deuteronomy 11:1

Rewards of Obedience

1 "You shall therefore 1love the LORD your God, and always * 2keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

Deuteronomy 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God
Because he is so great and glorious in himself, and because he had done such great and good things for them, the Israelites, particularly in the multiplication of them, the last thing mentioned:

and keep his charge;
whatsoever the Lord had charged them to observe, even what follow:

and his statutes and his judgments, and his commandments, alway;
all his laws, ceremonial, judicial, and moral; and that constantly and continually, all the days of their lives.

Deuteronomy 11:1 In-Context

1 "You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
2 "Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God -His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm,
3 and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land;
4 and what He did to Egypt's army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the LORD completely destroyed them;
5 and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place;

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12
  • 2. Leviticus 18:30; Leviticus 22:9
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