Deuteronomy 26:16
in Deuteronomy 26The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
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ASV
This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
KJV
This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A brief and earnest exhortation by way of conclusion to the second and longest discourse of the book. Deu 26:17 Thou hast avouched - literally, “made to say:” so also in the next verse. The sense is: “Thou hast given occasion to the Lord to say that He is thy God,” i. e. by promising that He shall be so. Compare Exo 24:7; Jos 24:14-25,
This site's exposition
The LORD your God commands you this day
on Deuteronomy 26:16-17
Barnes marks verse 16 as the close of the second and longest discourse. The laws end where they began, on “this day”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments,....
That their covenant with God obliged them to keep these commands. He insists not only upon God's sovereignty over them, but his propriety in them, and the relation wherein they stood to him. The covenant is mutual, and it binds to obedience both ways.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֗ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| מְצַוְּךָ֧ | metzavekha | [is] commanding you | H6680 → | 494 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת | laasot | to observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֻקִּ֥ים | hachukim | the statutes | H2706 → | 127 times |
| הָאֵ֖לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים | hamishpatim | the judgments | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤ | veshamarta | and you will take care | H8104 → | 468 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ | veasita | and you will observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אוֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לְבָבְךָ֖ | levavekha | heart your | H3824 → | 252 times |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ | nafshekha | being your | H5315 → | 754 times |
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֗ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
מְצַוְּךָ֧[is] commanding you
metzavekhaH6680 →494 times
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹתto observe
laasotH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַחֻקִּ֥יםthe statutes
hachukimH2706 →127 times
הָאֵ֖לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםthe judgments
hamishpatimH4941 →422 times
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤and you will take care
veshamartaH8104 →468 times
וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙and you will observe
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
אוֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
לְבָבְךָ֖heart your
levavekhaH3824 →252 times
וּבְכָל־and with all
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃being your
nafshekhaH5315 →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
John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
it leads to
- 1 John 2:3–5
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- 1 John 5:2–3
By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
- John 14:21–24
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- 2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
- John 15:10–14
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
- 1 John 2:3–5
Through
Deuteronomy 6:17You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:22
For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
- Psalms 119:4
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
- 2 Peter 1:5–10
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Deuteronomy 11:22
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on 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.
