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Deuteronomy 30:16

Deuteronomy 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God,.... Which is the sum and substance of the first table of the law, and includes the whole worship of God, the contrary to which are idolatry,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deu 30:10-14; hence, Deu 30:15-20 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an earnest…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Moses here concludes with a very bright light, and a very strong fire, that, if possible, what he had been preaching of might find entrance into the understanding and affections of this unthinking…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The constr. of the Heb. is faulty but may be restored from the LXX thus: If thou hearken to the commandment of the Lord thy God which I command thee(Dillm.). For Deu 30:16 asee on Deu 13:4 (5): his…