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Deuteronomy 6:17

Deuteronomy 6:17
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God,.... Not only the ten commands, but all others:

and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee; those of a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 6:10-25

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 6:17-25

Here, I. Moses charges them to keep God's commandments themselves: You shall diligently keep God's commandments, Deu 6:17-19. Note, It requires a great deal of care and pains to keep up religion in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 6:16-17

Another interruption by the Pl. Because of this; because the reference to Massah is hardly relevant to the context, and because the perfect, he hath commanded, is not yet true of the separate laws;…