Deuteronomy 6:2

6:2 and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments¹ that I am giving² you – you, your children, and your grandchildren – all your lives, to prolong your days.

Deuteronomy 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments³ I am giving⁴ you today so that you may live, increase in number,⁵ and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.⁶

Deuteronomy 11:13

11:13 Now, if you pay close attention⁷ to my commandments that I am giving you today and love⁸ the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,⁹

Deuteronomy 13:18

13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving¹⁰ you today and doing what is right¹¹ before him.¹²

Deuteronomy 19:9

19:9 and then you are careful to observe all these commandments¹³ I am giving¹⁴ you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities¹⁵ to these three.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed¹⁶ obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving¹⁷ you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

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 given¹⁸ you.

¹tn 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.

²tn Heb “commanding.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation.

³tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

⁴tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

⁵tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

⁶tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

⁵tn Heb “if hearing, you will hear.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute to emphasize the verbal idea. The translation renders this emphasis with the word “close.”

⁶tn Again, the Hebrew term אָהַב (’ahav) draws attention to the reciprocation of divine love as a condition or sign of covenant loyalty (cf. Deut 6:5).

⁷tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

⁷tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).

⁸tc 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.

⁹tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord your God.” See note on the word “him” in v. 3.

⁹tn Heb “all this commandment.” This refers here to the entire covenant agreement of the Book of Deuteronomy as encapsulated in the Shema (Deut 6:4-5).

¹⁰tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today.”

¹¹sn You will add three more cities. Since these are alluded to nowhere else and thus were probably never added, this must be a provision for other cities of refuge should they be needed (cf. v. 8). See P. C. Craigie, Deuteronomy (NICOT), 267.

¹¹tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

¹²tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

¹³tn Heb “commanded”; NAB, NIV, TEV “he gave you.”