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 Living Translation (NLT)“Today the Lord your God has commanded you to obey all these decrees and regulations. So be careful to obey them wholeheartedly.

Context of Deuteronomy 26:16

14I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me. 15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’ “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. 17Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. 18Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• This dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• hath commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• thee to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• these statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• and judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• thou shalt therefore keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: carefulH8104
• them with all thine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• and with all thy soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:16

• Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 6:1“Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,
• Deuteronomy 11:1“Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.
• Deuteronomy 12:1“These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.
• Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
• Deuteronomy 6:5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
• Deuteronomy 8:2And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, 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 that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• John 14:15“If you love Me, keep My commandments.
• 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep 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