Deuteronomy 6:17

Context
6:17 Keep his¹ commandments very carefully,² as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

Deuteronomy 7:11

Context
7:11 So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

Deuteronomy 8:6

Context
8:6 So you must keep his³ commandments, live according to his standards,⁴ and revere him.

Deuteronomy 10:13

Context
10:13 and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving⁵ you today for your own good?

Deuteronomy 11:1

Context

Reiteration of the Call to Obedience

11:1 You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments⁶ at all times.

Deuteronomy 31:5

Context
31:5 The Lord will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.

[6:17] ¹tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[6:17] ²tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb to emphasize the statement. The imperfect verbal form is used here with an obligatory nuance that can be captured in English through the imperative. Cf. NASB, NRSV “diligently keep (obey NLT).”

[8:6] ³tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[8:6] ⁴tn Heb “by walking in his ways.” The “ways” of the Lord refer here to his moral standards as reflected in his commandments. The verb “walk” is used frequently in the Bible (both OT and NT) for one’s moral and ethical behavior.

[10:13] ⁵tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation.

[11:1] ⁷tn This collocation of technical terms for elements of the covenant text lends support to its importance and also signals a new section of paraenesis in which Moses will exhort Israel to covenant obedience. The Hebrew term מִשְׁמָרוֹת (mishmarot, “obligations”) sums up the three terms that follow – חֻקֹּת (khuqot), מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishppatim), and מִצְוֹת (mitsot).