Deuteronomy 26:16

Deuteronomy 26:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.

Context of Deuteronomy 26:16

14I have not eaten of it while mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the Lord my God; I have acted in accordance with everything that You have commanded me. 15Look down from Your holy dwelling place, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey just as You swore to our fathers.’ “This day the Lord your God commands you to perform these statutes and ordinances. Therefore you shall be careful to perform them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice. 18And the Lord has today declared you to be His people, His personal possession, just as He promised you, and that you are to keep all His commandments;

Deuteronomy 26:16 word by word

הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ מְצַוְּךָ֧ לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤ וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ אוֹתָ֔ם בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכָל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• commandsצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• you to performעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• and ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• Therefore you shall beשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• with allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• your soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:16

• Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 6:1“Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it,
• Deuteronomy 11:1“You shall therefore love the Lord your God, and always keep His directive, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
• Deuteronomy 12:1“These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully follow in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth.
• Matthew 28:20teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
• Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
• Deuteronomy 8:2And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, in order to humble you, putting you to the test, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
• Deuteronomy 13:3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• John 14:15“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
• 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and follow His commandments.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 A brief and earnest exhortation by way of conclusion to the second and longest discourse of the book. Deuteronomy 26:17 Thou hast avouched - literally, “made to say:” so also in the next verse. The sense is: “Thou hast given occasion to the Lord to say that He is thy God,” i. e. by promising that He shall be so. Compare Exodus 24:7; Joshua 24:14-25,Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 Moses here enforces the precepts. They are God's laws, therefore thou shalt do them, to that end were they given thee; do them, and dispute them not; do them, and draw not back; do them, not carelessly and hypocritically, but with thy heart and soul, thy whole heart and thy whole soul. We forswear ourselves, and break the most sacred engagement, if, when we have taken the Lord to be our God, we do not make conscience of obeying his commands…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16with all your heart and with all your soul: This Hebrew phrase clearly refers to the Shema, the foundational statement of Israel’s faith and covenant commitment (see 6:4–5 and study notes). God’s expectations were very high and holy. People could not follow them only partway. They had to obey completely, giving their whole effort to God.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 26:16

• Government
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• Obedience
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings