Deuteronomio 13:4

4 Solamente al SEÑOR tu Dios debes seguir y rendir culto. Cumple sus mandamientos y obedécelo; sírvele y permanece fiel 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 si esa señal o prodigio se cumple y él te dice: “Vayamos a rendir culto a otros dioses”, dioses que no has conocido,

3 no prestes atención a las palabras de ese profeta o visionario. El SEÑOR tu Dios te estará probando para saber si lo amas con todo el corazón y con toda el alma.

4 Solamente al SEÑOR tu Dios debes seguir y rendir culto. Cumple sus mandamientos y obedécelo; sírvele y permanece fiel a él.

5 Condenarás a muerte a ese profeta o visionario por haberte aconsejado rebelarte contra el SEÑOR tu Dios, que te sacó de Egipto y te rescató de la tierra de esclavitud. Así extirparás el mal que haya en medio de ti, porque tal profeta habrá intentado apartarte del camino que el SEÑOR tu Dios te mandó que siguieras.

6 »Si tu propio hermano, o tu hijo, o tu hija, o tu esposa amada, o tu amigo íntimo, trata de engañarte y en secreto te insinúa: “Vayamos a rendir culto a otros dioses”, dioses que ni tú ni tus padres conocieron,