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Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses Israel regarding the establishment of centralized worship as the nation prepares to enter and dispossess the land of Canaan. He issues a final charge to observe the laws governing their new life in the promised territory.

The words — The text hinges on שְׁמֹ֣ר (she.Mor) = take care [H8104] and וְ/שָׁמַעְתָּ֗ (ve./sha.ma'.Ta) = and/ you will hear [H8085]. These terms frame the imperative to vigilantly guard and attend to every command being delivered.

The thread — The command to keep statutes for generational prosperity appears in Deuteronomy 4:40, while the promise that doing what is right leads to well-being echoes Deuteronomy 12:25. The New Testament later frames this obedience as remaining in Christ’s love in John 15:10.

Why it lands — The text demands careful, continuous obedience to God’s commands so that the reader’s household will prosper. It grounds that prosperity not in circumstance but in actively doing what is good and right in God’s sight.

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The Hebrew words

שְׁמֹ֣רshe.Mortake careוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֗ve./sha.ma'.Taand/ you will hearאֵ֚ת'et<obj.>כָּל־kol-allהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha./de.va.Rimthe/ wordsהָאֵ֔לֶּהha./'E.leh<the>/ theseאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhichאָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiIמְצַוֶּ֑ךָּme.tza.Ve./ka[am] commanding/ youלְמַעַן֩le.ma.'Anso thatיִיטַ֨בyi.Tavit may go wellלְךָ֜le./Khafor/ youוּלְבָנֶ֤יךָu./le./va.Nei./khaand/ for/ children/ yourאַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙'a.cha.Rei./khaafter/ youעַד־'ad-untilעוֹלָ֔םo.Lamperpetuityכִּ֤יkiforתַעֲשֶׂה֙ta.'a.Sehyou will doהַטּ֣וֹבha./Tovthe/ good [thing]וְהַיָּשָׁ֔רve./hai./ya.Sharand/ the/ rightבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe./'ei.Neiin/ [the] eyes ofיְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your

King James Version

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.

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