Deuteronomy 10:13

13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes that I am commanding you today {for your own good}.

Deuteronomy 10:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 10:13

To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes
Both the ten commands and all others:

which I command thee this day for thy good;
promises of temporal good things, introduction into the land of Canaan, possession of it, and continuance in it, being made to obedience to them.

Deuteronomy 10:13 In-Context

11 And Yahweh said to me, '{Come, continue} your journey {before the people}, so that you may go and take possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give to them.'
12 And now, Israel, what [is] Yahweh your God asking from you, except to revere Yahweh your God, to go in all his ways and to love him and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes that I am commanding you today {for your own good}.
14 Look! For to Yahweh your God {belong} heaven and the {highest heavens}, the earth and all that [is] in it.
15 {Yet} to your ancestors Yahweh was very attached, [so as to] love them, and [so] he chose their offspring after them, [namely] you, from all the peoples, as it is {today}.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "for good to you"
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