Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 27:10
You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and the Levitical priests address all Israel immediately after declaring them the people of the LORD your God. This instruction occurs on the day Moses formally commands the people before they cross into the land.
The words — The Hebrew verb שָׁמַעְתָּ (Sha.ma'.ta) translates literally as "you will listen," paired with עָשִׂיתָ ('a.Si.ta) meaning "you will do." These verbs bind auditory submission to physical action regarding the statutes being given.
The thread — The command to obey God’s voice and keep His statutes runs through Deuteronomy 11:1 and Deuteronomy 11:7, which tie love for God to keeping His charge and ordinances. The pattern continues in 1 Peter 1:14, which commands obedient children to reject the passions of former ignorance.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate compliance with God’s voice and active adherence to His commandments. It requires the reader to translate divine instruction into daily obedience without delay.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 11:1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
- 1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- Deuteronomy 11:7 For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
- Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- 1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- Leviticus 19:2 “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Micah 4:5 Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
- Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.