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Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Commentators emphasize that Israel's well-being and prosperity were directly linked to their obedience. The verse presents a clear sequence: first, Israel must 'hear and observe' God's commands, which then leads to the promised blessings of national flourishing and increase in the land. As one scholar notes, their very presence in the land depended on fulfilling God's purpose for them through obedience.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the land - Better: As the Lord the God of your fathers promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.
19th Century
Anglican
That you may increase mightily ... in the land. —The position of Israel in the land, and their continuance in it, depende…
Baptist
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD God of your fathe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it ; Or them, the commandments given them:
that it ma…
In this and similar passages, the —commandments' seem to denote the moral law, the —statutes' the ceremonial law, and the —judgments' the law by wh…
