Deuteronomy 5:33

33 Live the way the Lord your God has commanded you so that you may live and have what is good and have a long life in the land you will take.

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 you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, rules, and laws that you must teach the people to obey in the land I am giving them as their own."

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you, and follow the commands exactly.

33 Live the way the Lord your God has commanded you so that you may live and have what is good and have a long life in the land you will take.