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 7:18

7:18 you must not fear them. You must carefully recall 5  what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

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 “recalling, you must recall.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb for emphasis. Cf. KJV, ASV “shalt well remember.”