Deuteronomy 30:2
in Deuteronomy 30and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
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ASV
and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
KJV
And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 30
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When all these things come upon you
on Deuteronomy 30:1-3
Chapter 28 ended with Israel scattered, and this chapter opens after the scattering. The return starts with memory, when Israel will “call them to mind in all the nations”, the order Moses gave at 4:29-31.
This site's exposition
you and your children return
Henry sets out the repentance in stages: calling to mind in verse 1, then returning to the LORD, then obeying His voice. The prodigal, Henry notes, came to himself before he came home.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), thou and thy children; for it is not enough that we do our duty ourselves, but we must train up and engage our children to do it. Or this comes in as the condition of the entail of the blessing upon their children, provided their children kept close to their duty. [1.] This obedience must be with an eye to God: Thou shalt obey his voice (
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And shalt return unto the Lord thy God,....
The righteousness of faith set before them in the plainness and easiness of the commandment that was now given them,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
They will be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ as their Messiah--a spiritual deliverer, and the effect of their conversion will be that they will return and obey the voice (the Gospel, the evangelical law) of the Lord.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
I have already mentioned. See Leviticus:12, and above,:25;:8. that this chapter refers to the future, for all its subjects have not happened and have not been created, but they are destined to take place.
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. 4 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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ | veshavta | and you will turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣ | veshama'ta | and you will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְקֹל֔וֹ | vekolo | to voice his | H6963 → | 506 times |
| כְּכֹ֛ל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֥י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוְּךָ֖ | metzavekha | [am] commanding you | H6680 → | 494 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּבָנֶ֔יךָ | uvaneikha | and children your | H1121 → | 4930 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 |
וְשַׁבְתָּ֞and you will turn back
veshavtaH7725 →1056 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙God your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣and you will listen
veshama'taH8085 →1159 times
בְקֹל֔וֹto voice his
vekoloH6963 →506 times
כְּכֹ֛לaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֥יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוְּךָ֖[am] commanding you
metzavekhaH6680 →494 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וּבָנֶ֔יךָand children your
uvaneikhaH1121 →4930 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
1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
it leads to
- Psalms 32:5
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Jeremiah 33:8
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- Psalms 51:2–5
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Psalms 32:5
Through
Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
- Psalms 139:23–24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Joel 2:12–13
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- 2 Corinthians 13:5
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.