Deuteronomy 26:16

Obedience The law

¹⁴ I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.

¹⁵ Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”

The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.

¹⁷ Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

¹⁸ 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,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
KJV: This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
WEB: Today the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.
ASV: This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
DARBY: This day Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and ordinances; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
BLB: This day YHWH your God commands you to observe these statutes and ordinances. And you shall keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.

ÅB: På denne dag befaler Herren din Gud deg å holde disse lover og bud; og du skal akte vel på at du holder dem av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel.
OTB: Denne dag befaler Herren din Gud deg å holde disse forskriftene og lovene; derfor skal du nøye holde dem med hele ditt hjerte og hele din sjel.
B1930: På denne dag byder Herren din Gud dig å holde disse lover og bud; og du skal akte vel på at du holder dem av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
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Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
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1 John 5:2–3
By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
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Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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Deuteronomy 6:1
These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
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John 14:21–24
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
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Deuteronomy 13:3–4
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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