Deuteronomy 6:25

6:25 We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments ¹  before the Lord our God, just as he demands.” ² 

Deuteronomy 7:14

7:14 You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness ³  among you or your livestock.

Deuteronomy 14:28

14:28 At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

Deuteronomy 18:7

18:7 and serves in the name of the Lord his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord.

Deuteronomy 20:18

20:18 so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship ⁴  their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 26:18

26:18 And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

Deuteronomy 32:4

32:4 As for the Rock, ⁵  his work is perfect,

for all his ways are just.

He is a reliable God who is never unjust,

he is fair ⁶  and upright.

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¹ tn The term “commandment” (מִצְוָה, mitsvah), here in the singular, refers to the entire body of covenant stipulations.

² tn Heb “as he has commanded us” (so NIV, NRSV).

³ sn One of the ironies about the promises to the patriarchs concerning offspring was the characteristic barrenness of the wives of the men to whom these pledges were made (cf. Gen 11:30; 25:21; 29:31). Their affliction is in each case described by the very Hebrew word used here (עֲקָרָה, ’aqarah), an affliction that will no longer prevail in Canaan.

⁴ tn Heb “to do according to all their abominations which they do for their gods.”

⁵ tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”

sn The Hebrew term depicts God as a rocky summit where one may find safety and protection. Within a covenantal context it serves as a reminder to the people that their God has committed himself to their protection in return for their allegiance.

⁶ tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).