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Deuteronomy 4:40

Deuteronomy 4:40
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thou shall keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,.... All his laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, partly being under obligation to him for all the great and good things done by him for…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 4:29-40

Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different strain. Deu 4:34 Temptations - Compare Deu 7:18-19; Deu…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 4:1-40

This most lively and excellent discourse is so entire, and the particulars of it are so often repeated, that we must take it altogether in the exposition of it, and endeavour to digest it into proper…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

thou shalt keep his statutes and his commandments Return to the keynote in Deu 4:4.

prolong thy days See on Deu 4:4.