Deuteronomy 26:17
in Deuteronomy 26Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
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ASV
Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice:
KJV
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis 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”.
This site's exposition
Today you have proclaimed
Israel first said this at Sinai, at Exodus 24:7. Henry notes that the people renew it here and again at 29:1. Barnes sets beside it Joshua 24:14-25, where the next generation made the same choice at Shechem.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): " Thou hast avouched and solemnly owned and confessed the Lord Jehovah to be thy God, thy Prince and Ruler. As he is so by an incontestable right, so he is by thy own consent." They did this implicitly by their attendance on his word, had done it expressly ( Exod. xxiv. ), and were now to do it again before they parted, ch. xxix.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God,.... Said, affirmed, protested, and in the most solemn manner declared, that the Lord was their God, and him only; and that they would have no other God, nor worship, serve, or obey any other.
And thou shalt set it before the L ORD thy God, and worship before the L ORD thy God: 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the L ORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. A good work ordered to be done, and that is the presenting of a basket of their first-fruits to God every year,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Thou hast avouched the Lord - The people avouch - publicly declare, that they have taken Jehovah to be their God.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּ | heemarta | you have declared | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לִהְיוֹת֩ | lihyot | to become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֨ | lekha | for <the> you | ||
| לֵֽאלֹהִ֜ים | lelohim | <into> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְלָלֶ֣כֶת | velalekhet | and to walk | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בִּדְרָכָ֗יו | bidrakhav | in ways his | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר | velishmor | and to keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| חֻקָּ֧יו | chukav | statutes his | H2706 → | 127 times |
| וּמִצְוֹתָ֛יו | umitzvotav | and commandments his | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו | umishpatav | and judgments his | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וְלִשְׁמֹ֥עַ | velishmoa' | and to listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃ | bekolo | to voice his | H6963 → | 506 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּyou have declared
heemartaH559 →5305 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
לִהְיוֹת֩to become
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֨for <the> you
lekha
לֵֽאלֹהִ֜ים<into> God
lelohimH430 →2601 times
וְלָלֶ֣כֶתand to walk
velalekhetH1980 →1546 times
בִּדְרָכָ֗יוin ways his
bidrakhavH1870 →707 times
וְלִשְׁמֹ֨רand to keep
velishmorH8104 →468 times
חֻקָּ֧יוstatutes his
chukavH2706 →127 times
וּמִצְוֹתָ֛יוand commandments his
umitzvotavH4687 →181 times
וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יוand judgments his
umishpatavH4941 →422 times
וְלִשְׁמֹ֥עַand to listen
velishmoa'H8085 →1159 times
בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃to voice his
bekoloH6963 →506 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
Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
it leads to
- Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Revelation 7:10
And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Isaiah 26:3–4
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Exodus 15:2
Through
Romans 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of…
it leads to
- Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Romans 6:16
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to…
- Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- Romans 12:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.