Deuteronomy 30:10

if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to 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 conditions that must precede the restoration of prosperity described in the surrounding verses.

The words — The Hebrew כִּי (ki) sets a conditional frame, while תִּשְׁמַע (tishma) literally means "you will listen" or "obey," directly linked to לִשְׁמֹר (lishmor), "to keep," the commandments and statutes.

The thread — The pattern of wholehearted obedience and covenant return runs through Deuteronomy 30:8 and Deuteronomy 4:29, while the call to examine one's ways and turn back appears in Lamentations 3:40.

Why it lands — The text requires complete alignment of heart, soul, and action with the written law as the explicit condition for receiving covenant blessing. It demands the reader treat the commandments as the non-negotiable standard for covenant life rather than optional devotion.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

Cross-references

Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:8 And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 30:2 and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
Nehemiah 1:9 but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
Isaiah 55:2 Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
Ezekiel 18:21 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Ezekiel 33:14 But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—