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This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
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Commentators highlight the phrase "This day." Citing ancient Jewish scholars, they explain it's not just about the specific day Moses spoke, but an encouragement to view God's commands as fresh and relevant every single day. It's a call to daily renewal in our commitment to God, as if we were receiving His word for the first time.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A brief and earnest exhortation by way of conclusion to the second and longest discourse of the book.
Deuteronomy 26:17: Y…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 26:16–19. CLOSE OF THE EXHORTATION.
This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. These w…
16th Century
Protestant
This day the Lord your God. He again reminds them that God is the author of the Law, so that His majesty might impress them more. Not only…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This day the Lord your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments These…
Moses here enforces the precepts. They are God's laws, and therefore you shall do them, for they were given to you for that purpose. Do them, and d…
