Deuteronomy 7:11

So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses addresses Israel concerning the covenant, placing this charge between a warning of divine judgment in Deuteronomy 7:10 and a promise of God’s continued faithfulness in Deuteronomy 7:12.

The words — The text highlights שָׁמַרְתָּ (sha.mar.Ta), meaning "you will keep," applied to the triad מִצְוָה (mitz.Vah, "commandment"), חֻקִּים (chu.Kim, "statutes"), and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mish.pa.Tim, "judgments").

The thread — This directive to observe the laws appears in Deuteronomy 4:1 and Deuteronomy 5:32, and is linked to the motive of love in John 14:15.

Why it lands — The text demands immediate obedience to the laws being delivered, framing faithful observance as the condition for receiving covenant faithfulness.

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The Hebrew words

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨ve./sha.mar.Taand/ you will keep אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַמִּצְוָ֜הha./mitz.Vahthe/ commandment וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםha./chu.Kimthe/ statutes וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗יםha./mish.pa.Timthe/ judgments אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwhich אָנֹכִ֧י'a.no.KhiI מְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve./Kha[am] commanding/ you הַיּ֖וֹםhai./Yomthis/ day לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם׃ פla./'a.so.Ta/mto/ observe/ them

King James Version

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

Cross-references

John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Deuteronomy 4:1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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.