Deuteronomy 6:17

6:17 Keep his 1  commandments very carefully, 2  as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

Deuteronomy 6:25

6:25 We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments 3  before the Lord our God, just as he demands.” 4 

Deuteronomy 10:13

10:13 and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving 5  you today for your own good?

Deuteronomy 11:27

11:27 the blessing if you take to heart 6  the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

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

2 tn 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).”

3 tn The term “commandment” (מִצְוָה, mitsvah), here in the singular, refers to the entire body of covenant stipulations.

4 tn Heb “as he has commanded us” (so NIV, NRSV).

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

6 tn Heb “listen to,” that is, obey.