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Deuteronomy 11:22

For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, concluding his covenant renewal discourse before they cross the Jordan. He frames obedience to the coming laws as the condition for possessing the promised land.

The words — The Hebrew particle אִם (ʾim) functions here as "except," introducing the sole condition for the promised blessing. The verb תִּשְׁמְרוּן (tish.me.Ru/n) denotes a continuous, future action of "you will keep" the commandments.

The thread — The demand to love God, walk in His ways, and hold fast to Him recurs in Deuteronomy 11:13 and Deuteronomy 10:20. While Deuteronomy 6:17 commands diligent obedience, it lacks the conditional framing present in this passage.

Why it lands — The text explicitly ties the continuation of land possession to the active maintenance of covenant loyalty. It requires the reader to treat obedience not as a optional piety but as the structural prerequisite for the promised inheritance.

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The Hebrew words

כִּי֩kithatאִם־'im-exceptשָׁמֹ֨רsha.Morcertainly <to keep>תִּשְׁמְר֜וּןtish.me.Ru/nyou will keep/ !אֶת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-allהַמִּצְוָ֣הha./mitz.Vahthe/ commandmentהַזֹּ֗אתha./Zot<the>/ thisאֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.Sherwhichאָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiIמְצַוֶּ֥הme.tza.Veh[am] commandingאֶתְכֶ֖ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ youלַעֲשֹׂתָ֑הּla./'a.so.Ta/hto/ do/ itלְאַהֲבָ֞הle./'a.ha.Vahto/ loveאֶת־'et-<obj.>יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ yourלָלֶ֥כֶתla./Le.khetto/ walkבְּכָל־be./kholin/ allדְּרָכָ֖יוde.ra.Kha/vways/ hisוּלְדָבְקָה־u./le./da.ve.kah-and/ to/ cleaveבֽוֹ׃v/oto/ him

King James Version

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

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