and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
Parallel translations
- WEB to keep Yahweh’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?
- KJV To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
- NKJV and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
- NASB and to keep the Lord’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?
- NLT And you must always obey the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
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Quick answer
God's commandments are given for Israel's own good. Obedience is not arbitrary burden but the path of blessing.
Overview
Moses frames God's law as a gift intended for the people's welfare. The statutes flow from God's love and lead to flourishing rather than harm. This goodness of God's law is affirmed in the New Testament, where the commandment is holy, righteous, and good, and is fulfilled in love through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jer 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Deut 6:24And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.
- Jas 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- Prov 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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