Deuteronomy 8:11

Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God

8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 13:18

13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.


tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).

tc The LXX and Smr add “and good” to bring the phrase in line with a familiar cliché (cf. Deut 6:18; Josh 9:25; 2 Kgs 10:3; 2 Chr 14:1; etc.). This is an unnecessary and improper attempt to force a text into a preconceived mold.

tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord your God.” See note on the word “him” in v. 3.