Deuteronomy 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ¹  you.

Deuteronomy 6:2

6:2 and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments ²  that I am giving ³  you – you, your children, and your grandchildren – all your lives, to prolong your days.

Deuteronomy 13:18

13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving ⁴  you today and doing what is right ⁵  before him. ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 17:19

17:19 It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ⁷  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ⁸  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:13

28:13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his ⁹  commandments which I am urging ¹⁰  you today to be careful to do.

Deuteronomy 28:15

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ¹¹  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ¹² 

Deuteronomy 28:45

28:45 All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given ¹³  you.

Deuteronomy 30:10

30:10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him ¹⁴  with your whole mind and being.

Deuteronomy 32:46

32:46 he said to them, “Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

¹ tn Heb “commanding.”

² tn Here the terms are not the usual חֻקִּים (khuqqim) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim; as in v. 1) but חֻקֹּת (khuqqot, “statutes”) and מִצְוֹת (mitsot, “commandments”). It is clear that these terms are used interchangeably and that their technical precision ought not be overly stressed.

³ tn Heb “commanding.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation.

³ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).

⁴ tc The LXX and Smr add “and good” to bring the phrase in line with a familiar cliché (cf. Deut 6:18; Josh 9:25; 2 Kgs 10:3; 2 Chr 14:1; etc.). This is an unnecessary and improper attempt to force a text into a preconceived mold.

⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord your God.” See note on the word “him” in v. 3.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

⁵ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God’s.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

⁶ tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV); NASB “which I charge you today.”

⁶ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

⁷ tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

⁷ tn Heb “commanded”; NAB, NIV, TEV “he gave you.”

⁸ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.