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Deuteronomy 8:6

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 8:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Deuteronomy 8:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
5And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.
6And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
8a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
9a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.
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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
“Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, etc.] Not only because they are the commands of God, and of a covenant God and Father, which are reasons sufficient for the observance of them; but because the Lord had dealt so bountifully with them, in providing food and raiment for them in the wilderness, which always continued with them; and because, when he afflicted them, it was a fatherly chastisement, with great tenderness and compassion, and for their good; all which laid them under obligations to keep the commands of God, whatsoever he had enjoined them, whether of the moral, ceremonial, or judicial kind: to walk in his ways, and to fear him; to walk in the ways he…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“walk: Deu 5:33; Exo 18:20; Sa1 12:24; Ch2 6:31; Psa 128:1; Luk 1:6 Deuteronomy 8:7”
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