And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall return and obey Yahweh’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today.
- BSB And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
- NKJV And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today.
- NASB And you will again obey the Lord, and follow all His commandments which I am commanding you today.
- NLT Then you will again obey the Lord and keep all his commands that I am giving you today.
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Quick answer
The renewed people will again obey the Lord and keep his commandments. Restored hearts produce restored obedience.
Overview
Following the promise of heart-circumcision, Moses foresees Israel returning to obedience, doing 'all his commandments.' The transformed heart bears the fruit of glad obedience. This shows that true obedience flows from God's renewing work, a pattern fulfilled in believers whom the Spirit enables to walk in newness of life.
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Cross-references · 11
- Eph 2:16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
- Ezek 36:27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
- Deut 30:2And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
- Ezek 11:19–20And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
- Jer 31:33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Jer 32:39–40And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
- Isa 1:25–26And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
- Phil 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- Ezek 37:24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
- Prov 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
- Rom 11:26–27And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
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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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