Deuteronomy 13:18

13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving ¹  you today and doing what is right ²  before him. ³ 

Deuteronomy 26:14

26:14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; ⁴  I have obeyed you ⁵  and have done everything you have commanded me.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ⁶  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ⁷  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:15

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ⁸  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: ⁹ 

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 ¹⁰  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 ¹¹  with your whole mind and being.

[13:18]  ¹ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).

[13:18]  ² 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.

[13:18]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord your God.” See note on the word “him” in v. 3.

[26:14]  ⁴ sn These practices suggest overtones of pagan ritual, all of which the confessor denies having undertaken. In Canaan they were connected with fertility practices associated with harvest time. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 335-36.

[26:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord my God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

[28:1]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

[28:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

[28:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

[28:45]  ¹³ tn Heb “commanded”; NAB, NIV, TEV “he gave you.”

[30:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.