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Deuteronomy 10:13

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 10:13 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deuteronomy 10:13 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
10And I stayed in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also; Jehovah would not destroy thee.
11And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
13to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
14Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
15Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, etc.] Both the ten commands and all others: which I command thee this day for thy good; promises of temporal good things, introduction into the land of Canaan, possession of it, and continuance in it, being made to obedience to them.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“for thy: Deu 6:24; Pro 9:12; Jer 32:39; Jam 1:25 Deuteronomy 10:14”
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