Deuteronomy 11:13
in Deuteronomy 11So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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ASV
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
KJV
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 11
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day,.... In the name, and by the authority of the Lord, the only lawgiver: to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul; see Deu 10:12. Jarchi interprets this of prayer; but it is not to be restrained to that only, but includes the whole service of God, in all the parts of it, performed from a principle of love to him, and in sincerity and truth.
This site's exposition
if you carefully obey the commandments
on Deuteronomy 11:13-15
Verse 13 repeats the demand of the Shema and hangs the rain on it. Verse 14 is where "the autumn and spring rains" enter Scripture, the one softening the ground for sowing and the other filling the grain.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
[AND TO SERVE HIM] WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL. “Has he not already mentioned with all thy heart and with all thy soul? 322 Above,:5. But that warning was addressed to the individual, and this is a warning to the community.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֗ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | <if> | H518 → | 1069 times |
| שָׁמֹ֤עַ | shamoa' | certainly [if] <to obey> | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ | tishmeu | you will obey | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִצְוֹתַ֔י | mitzvotai | commandments my | H4687 → | 181 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֛י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוֶּ֥ה | metzaveh | [am] commanding | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לְאַהֲבָ֞ה | leahavah | to love | H157 → | 211 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וּלְעָבְד֔וֹ | uleavedo | and to serve him | H5647 → | 288 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לְבַבְכֶ֖ם | levavkhem | heart your | H3824 → | 252 times |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃ | nafshekhem | being your | H5315 → | 754 times |
וְהָיָ֗הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
אִם־<if>
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
שָׁמֹ֤עַcertainly [if] <to obey>
shamoa'H8085 →1159 times
תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙you will obey
tishmeuH8085 →1159 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מִצְוֹתַ֔יcommandments my
mitzvotaiH4687 →181 times
אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֛יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוֶּ֥ה[am] commanding
metzavehH6680 →494 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
לְאַהֲבָ֞הto love
leahavahH157 →211 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙God your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
וּלְעָבְד֔וֹand to serve him
uleavedoH5647 →288 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
לְבַבְכֶ֖םheart your
levavkhemH3824 →252 times
וּבְכָל־and with all
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃being your
nafshekhemH5315 →754 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
it leads to
- Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Luke 10:27
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Micah 6:8
Through
Deuteronomy 4:29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:2
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 29:12–14
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- 2 Chronicles 15:4
But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Psalms 119:10
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:2
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.