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Deuteronomy 10:13

in Deuteronomy 10

and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

KJV

To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

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This verse in Deuteronomy 10

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.

This site's exposition

what does the LORD your God ask of you

on Deuteronomy 10:12-13

"And now" turns the chapter from what God has done to what Israel owes. The answer is one sentence with five verbs: fear, walk, love, serve and keep.

This site's exposition

for your own good

The question begun in verse 12 closes here, and its last words give the purpose of the law, for your own good. John Gill reads that good as the promises attached to obedience, entry into Canaan, possession of it and continuance in it.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

proposed

Hence it is more evident why He has just declared that there is One God, viz., that He alone may be undividedly worshipped; for unless our minds are fixed on Him alone, religion is torn, as it were, into divers parts, and this is soon followed by a labyrinth of errors. But, first, he calls for reverence, and then for the worship which may testify and demonstrate it.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes,.... Both the ten commands and all others: which I command thee this day for thy good; promises of temporal good things, introduction into the land of Canaan, possession of it, and continuance in it, being made to obedience to them.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Having given up ourselves to his service, we must make his revealed will our rule in every thing, perform all he prescribes, forbear all the forbids, firmly believing that all the statutes he commands us are for our good. Besides the reward of obedience, which will be our unspeakable gain, there are true honour and pleasure in obedience.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

This is connected with the expression [in the following verse] for thy good. He is stating: “He does not require anything of you for His sake, only for your sake,” similar in meaning to the verse, If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? 243 Job:7.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 10:12:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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

12 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.

  • לִשְׁמֹ֞רto keep

    lishmorH8104 →468 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מִצְוֹ֤ת[the] commandments of

    mitzvotH4687 →181 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • חֻקֹּתָ֔יוstatutes his

    chukotavH2708 →104 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָנֹכִ֥יI

    ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

  • מְצַוְּךָ֖[am] commanding you

    metzavekhaH6680 →494 times

  • הַיּ֑וֹםthis day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • לְט֖וֹבfor good

    letovH2896 →538 times

  • לָֽךְ׃of you

    lakh

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

Related verses

6 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.

Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.7 worksDeuteronomy 6:24And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.5 worksJames 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.4 worksJob 5:27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”3 worksJob 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?1 worksProverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.0 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

    James 1:25

    But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

    it leads to

    • Luke 11:28

      But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

    • John 13:17

      If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

    • 2 Corinthians 3:17–18

      Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

    • 1 Peter 2:16

      Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

    • Luke 6:47–49

      I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:39

    I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 11:19–20

      And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,

    • Acts 4:32

      The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 6:24

    And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 32:39

      I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 10 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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