Deuteronomy 15:5

15:5 if you carefully obey ¹  him ²  by keeping ³  all these commandments that I am giving ⁴  you today.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ⁵  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ⁶  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

[15:5]  ¹ tn Heb “if listening you listen to the voice of.” The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “carefully.” The idiom “listen to the voice” means “obey.”

[15:5]  ² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 15:4.

[15:5]  ³ tn Heb “by being careful to do.”

[15:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB); NAB “which I enjoin you today.”

[28:1]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).