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Deuteronomy 11:13

So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab, outlining the covenant condition for possessing the land before the narrative continues into Deuteronomy 11:14.

The words — The conditional clause relies on שָׁמַע (shama), meaning to hear or obey, paired with מִצְוֹת (mitzvot), translated here as commandments.

The thread — This obedience motif echoes Deuteronomy 6:5’s call to love God with all one’s heart and soul, and Deuteronomy 10:12’s charge to walk in His ways.

Why it lands — The text establishes a direct condition: obedience to the given commandments precedes the promised provision of seasonal rains.

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The Hebrew words

וְהָיָ֗הve./ha.Yahand/ it will beאִם־'im-<if>שָׁמֹ֤עַsha.Mo.a'certainly [if] <to obey>תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙tish.me.'Uyou will obeyאֶל־'el-<to>מִצְוֹתַ֔יmitz.vo.Ta/icommandments/ myאֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.Sherwhichאָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiIמְצַוֶּ֥הme.tza.Veh[am] commandingאֶתְכֶ֖ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ youהַיּ֑וֹםhai./Yomthis/ dayלְאַהֲבָ֞הle./'a.ha.Vahto/ loveאֶת־'et-<obj.>יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ yourוּלְעָבְד֔וֹu./le./'a.ve.D/oand/ to/ serve/ himבְּכָל־be./kholwith/ allלְבַבְכֶ֖םle.vav./Khemheart/ yourוּבְכָל־u./ve./Khol-and/ with/ allנַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃naf.she./Khembeing/ your

King James Version

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

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