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Deuteronomy 32:46

in Deuteronomy 32

he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, even all the words of this law.

KJV

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 32

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Set your hearts unto all the words - Another proof that all these awful denunciations of Divine wrath, though delivered in an absolute form, were only declaratory of what God would do If they rebelled against him.

This site's exposition

Set your hearts unto all the words

on Deuteronomy 32:46-47

This day falls seventy times in Deuteronomy, and it falls again here in the last thing Moses says to the assembly. What the fathers are told to do with the words is what 6:6-7 told them, take them into the heart and command them to the children. It is your life repeats the terms of 30:19-20, where life and death were set before the people and they were told to choose life.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on Deuteronomy 32:44-47

Moses . . . spake all the words of this song in the ears, &c.--It has been beautifully styled "the Song of the Dying Swan" [LOWTH]. It was designed to be a national anthem, which it should be the duty and care of magistrates to make well known by frequent repetition, to animate the people to right sentiments towards a steadfast adherence to His service.

The words behind it

22 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.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֲלֵהֶם֙to them

    ʾalehemH413 →5510 times

  • שִׂ֣ימוּset

    simuH7760 →584 times

  • לְבַבְכֶ֔םheart your

    levavkhemH3824 →252 times

  • לְכָל־to all

    lekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַדְּבָרִ֔יםthe words

    hadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָנֹכִ֛יI

    ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

  • מֵעִ֥יד[am] warning

    meidH5749 →44 times

  • בָּכֶ֖ם<in> <the> you

    bakhem

  • הַיּ֑וֹםthis day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • תְּצַוֻּם֙you will command them

    tetzavumH6680 →494 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּנֵיכֶ֔םchildren your

    beneikhemH1121 →4930 times

  • לִשְׁמֹ֣רto take care

    lishmorH8104 →468 times

  • לַעֲשׂ֔וֹתto do

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֖י[the] words of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַתּוֹרָ֥הthe law

    hatorahH8451 →219 times

  • הַזֹּֽאת׃<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

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

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.102 worksGenesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”12 worksDeuteronomy 6:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.11 worksDeuteronomy 11:18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.9 works1 Chronicles 22:19Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”6 worksEzekiel 40:4“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”5 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 44:19And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”4 worksEcclesiastes 7:2It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.4 worksProverbs 3:1–4My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;3 worksProverbs 27:23Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;3 worksEzekiel 44:5The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.3 worksPsalms 81:8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!3 worksLuke 9:44“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”2 worksHebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.2 worksExodus 7:23Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.2 worksDeuteronomy 1:5On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:2 works2 Chronicles 11:16Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.2 worksJeremiah 31:21“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.1 works

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

    Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 6:7

      And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

    • Deuteronomy 11:19

      Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

    • Psalms 78:3–8

      that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

    • Genesis 18:19

      For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that…

    • Ephesians 6:4

      Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 11:18

    Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 6:6–9

      These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

    • Colossians 3:16

      Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…

    • Proverbs 3:1

      My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 32 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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