Deuteronomy 5:33

33 but walke in all the wayes which the Lorde youre God hath comaunded you, that ye maye lyve and that it maye goo well with you ad that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the lond whiche ye shall possesse.

Deuteronomy 5:33 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:33

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath
commanded you
None are to be avoided or departed from on any consideration whatever; see ( Psalms 119:6 ) an instance of this we have in Zacharias and Elizabeth, ( Luke 1:6 ) that ye may live; corporeally, comfortably, in all the outward enjoyments of life needful for them, particularly in the possession of the land of Canaan, and the benefits of it; for these promises of life upon obedience seem to reach no further, unless as types and emblems of what is enjoyed through the obedience and righteousness of Christ, as the following phrases show:

and [that] it [may] be well with you, and [that] ye may prolong your
days in the land which ye shall possess;
the land of Canaan; though the Jewish writers ^F13 carry it further, even to heaven and eternal happiness; and so may we in the sense before given.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 27. p. 418.

Deuteronomy 5:33 In-Context

31 but stonde thou here before me and I will tell the all the commaundmentes, ordinaunces ad lawes which thou shalt teache the, that they may doo them in the londe whiche I geue them to possesse.

32 Take hede therfore that ye do as the Lorde youre God hath commaunded you, and turne not asyde: ether to the righte hande or to the lefte:

33 but walke in all the wayes which the Lorde youre God hath comaunded you, that ye maye lyve and that it maye goo well with you ad that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the lond whiche ye shall possesse.