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Deuteronomy 13:4

in Deuteronomy 13

You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

KJV

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

This verse in Deuteronomy 13

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him

on Deuteronomy 13:4-5

Verse 4 ends on “hold fast to Him”, and verse 5 grounds the sentence in rebellion against the God who “redeemed you from the house of slavery”. The offence is handled as treason against a rescuer rather than an error of opinion. Its closing formula, “purge the evil from among you”, is the line Paul uses to close his own case of discipline at 1 Corinthians 5:13.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

God never leaves us till we leave him." Or, (2.) As furnishing us with an answer to the temptation; say, "It is written, Thou shalt walk after the Lord, and cleave unto him; and therefore what have I to do with idols?" 2.

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The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אַחֲרֵ֨יafter

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • יְהוָ֧הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛םGod your

    ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times

  • תֵּלֵ֖כוּyou will walk

    telekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • וְאֹת֣וֹand <obj.> him

    veotoH853 →10935 times

  • תִירָ֑אוּyou will fear

    tirauH3372 →315 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִצְוֹתָ֤יוcommandments his

    mitzvotavH4687 →181 times

  • תִּשְׁמֹ֙רוּ֙you will keep

    tishmoruH8104 →468 times

  • וּבְקֹל֣וֹand to voice his

    uvekoloH6963 →506 times

  • תִשְׁמָ֔עוּyou will listen

    tishmauH8085 →1159 times

  • וְאֹת֥וֹand <obj.> him

    veotoH853 →10935 times

  • תַעֲבֹ֖דוּyou will serve

    taavoduH5647 →288 times

  • וּב֥וֹand to him

    uvo

  • תִדְבָּקֽוּן׃you will cleave !

    tidbakunH1692 →54 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Colossians 1:10

    so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 4:1

      As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

    • Hebrews 13:21

      equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

    • 2 Peter 1:2–3

      Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

    • John 15:16

      You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

    • 1 John 3:22

      and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 6:17

    But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

    it leads to

    • John 17:21–23

      that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

    • Galatians 2:20

      I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 7:23

    but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 15:26

      saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…

Where this verse is studied

On this page

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.