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in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.

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Love: The Source of Obedience

Commentators emphasize that this verse places love for God as the primary command. Obedience—walking in His ways and keeping His commandments—is not mere rule-following but the natural outflow of a loving relationship. As one scholar notes, 'Love stands first as the essential and only source of obedience.'

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Deuteronomy

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Deuteronomy 30:11–20

18th Century

Theologian

Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded (Deuteronomy 30:10–14); therefore, life and death, good and evil, are solemn…

John Gill

John Gill

On Deuteronomy 30:16

17th Century

Pastor

In that I command thee this day to love the Lord your God
Which is the sum and substance of the first table of the l…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Deuteronomy 30:15–20

17th Century

Minister

What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? All people wish to obtain life and good, and to escape death …

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