Deuteronomy 11:32

be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, commanding them to keep the covenant laws before they cross the Jordan to possess the land God is giving them.

The words — The Hebrew verb שְמַרְתֶּם (shemartem) means "you will keep" or "take care," paired with עֲשׂוֹת (asot), "to do," stressing active obedience to the statutes (חֻקִּים/chuqqim) and judgments (מִשְׁפָּטִים/mishpatim).

The thread — This directive runs through Deuteronomy 12:32, which forbids adding to or subtracting from God's commands, and resurfaces in Matthew 28:20 as Jesus instructs his disciples to teach obedience to everything he commanded.

Why it lands — The text requires precise, unaltered adherence to the laws presented, demanding immediate compliance without deviation or personal modification.

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The Hebrew words

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םu./she.mar.Temand/ you will take care לַעֲשׂ֔וֹתla./'a.Sotto/ observe אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>כָּל־kol-all הַֽחֻקִּ֖יםha./chu.Kimthe/ statutes וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםha./mish.pa.Timthe/ judgments אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.Sherwhich אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiI נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[am] setting לִפְנֵיכֶ֖םli/f.nei./Khem<to>/ before/ you הַיּֽוֹם׃hai./Yomthis/ day

King James Version

And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 12:32 See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Deuteronomy 5:32 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
Psalms 119:6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.