Deuteronomy 27:10
in Deuteronomy 27You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
KJV
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIt was to be done but once, and at their entrance into the land of promise, in token of their taking possession of it under the several provisos and conditions contained in this law. There was a solemn ratification of the covenant between God and Israel at Mount Sinai, when an altar was erected, with twelve pillars, and the book of the covenant was produced, Exod. xxiv.
This site's exposition
This day you have become the people of the LORD your God
on Deuteronomy 27:9-10
The covenant is put in the present tense to the generation standing there. Israel left Egypt forty years before, yet Moses tells them “This day you have become the people of the LORD your God”.
This site's exposition
obey the voice of the LORD
Henry sets the verse beside Genesis 17:7-8, where the LORD promised to be God to Abraham's offspring and to give them the land. Obeying His voice answers a promise kept.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God,.... In whatsoever he directs in his word, and by his prophets, and especially by his Son, eminently called the Word of the Lord: and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day; See Gill on Deu 27:1.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁ֣מַעְתָּ֔ | veshama'ta | and you will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּק֖וֹל | bekol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ | veasita | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִצְוֹתָיו֙ | mitzvotav | commandments his | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֻקָּ֔יו | chukav | statutes his | H2706 → | 127 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֥י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוְּךָ֖ | metzavekha | [am] commanding you | H6680 → | 494 times |
| הַיּֽוֹם׃ ס | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וְשָׁ֣מַעְתָּ֔and you will listen
veshama'taH8085 →1159 times
בְּק֖וֹלto [the] voice of
bekolH6963 →506 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָand you will do
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִצְוֹתָיו֙commandments his
mitzvotavH4687 →181 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֻקָּ֔יוstatutes his
chukavH2706 →127 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֥יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוְּךָ֖[am] commanding you
metzavekhaH6680 →494 times
הַיּֽוֹם׃ סthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 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
Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:12–13
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
- Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.…
- Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- Deuteronomy 10:12–13
Through
Matthew 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:15–16
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- James 1:4
Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
- Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- 1 Peter 1:15–16
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on 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.