Deuteronomy 5:15

5:15 Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. ¹  That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe ²  the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 11:22

11:22 For if you carefully observe all of these commandments ³  I am giving you ⁴  and love the Lord your God, live according to his standards, ⁵  and remain loyal to him,

Deuteronomy 19:9

19:9 and then you are careful to observe all these commandments ⁶  I am giving ⁷  you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities ⁸  to these three.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ⁹  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ¹⁰  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:46

32:46 he said to them, “Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

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¹ tn Heb “by a strong hand and an outstretched arm,” the hand and arm symbolizing divine activity and strength. Cf. NLT “with amazing power and mighty deeds.”

² tn Or “keep” (so KJV, NRSV).

³ tn Heb “this commandment.” See note at Deut 5:30.

⁴ tn Heb “commanding you to do it.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation and “to do it” has been left untranslated.

⁵ tn Heb “walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV); TEV “do everything he commands.”

⁶ tn Heb “all this commandment.” This refers here to the entire covenant agreement of the Book of Deuteronomy as encapsulated in the Shema (Deut 6:4-5).

⁷ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today.”

⁸ sn You will add three more cities. Since these are alluded to nowhere else and thus were probably never added, this must be a provision for other cities of refuge should they be needed (cf. v. 8). See P. C. Craigie, Deuteronomy (NICOT), 267.

⁹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).