Deuteronomy 26:18

Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.

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WEBBE

The LORD has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.

BSB

And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

KJV

And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

ASV

and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

BBE

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

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וַיהוָה va·yah·weh and Yahweh H3068 הֶאֱמִירְךָ he·'e·mi·re·kha he has declared you H559 הַיּוֹם hai·yom this day H3117 לִהְיוֹת lih·yot to become H1961 לוֹ lo for (the) him H9033 לְעַם le·'am (into) a people of H5971 סְגֻלָּה se·gu·lah possession H5459 כַּאֲשֶׁר ka·'a·sher just as H834 דִּבֶּר־ di·ber- he spoke H1696 לָךְ lakh to (the) you H9031 וְלִשְׁמֹר ve·lish·mor and to keep H8104 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 מִצְוֹתָיו mitz·vo·tav commandments his H4687

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 16–19

Moses here enforces the precepts. They are God's laws, therefore thou shalt do them, to that end were they given thee; do them, and dispute them not; do them, and draw not back; do them, not carelessly and hypocritically, but with thy heart and soul, thy whole heart and thy whole soul. We forswear ourselves, and break the most sacred engagement, if, when we have taken the Lord to be our God, we do not make conscience of obeying his commands. We are elected to obedience, 1Pe 1:2; chosen that we should be holy, Ep 1:4; purified a peculiar people, that we might not only do good works, but be zealous in them, Tit 2:14. Holiness is true honour, and the only way to everlasting honour.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.