And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
Parallel translations
- WEB It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.”
- KJV And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
- NKJV Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’
- NASB And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to follow all this commandment before the Lord our God, just as He commanded us.
- NLT For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the Lord our God has given us.’
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Quick answer
Faithful obedience to all God commanded would be counted as righteousness for Israel. This sets a high standard that anticipates the need for a better righteousness.
Overview
Within the covenant, full observance of the law would constitute righteousness before God. Yet Israel's history shows no one perfectly keeps it, exposing humanity's need for grace. The New Testament reveals that true righteousness comes by faith in Christ, who alone fulfilled the whole law on behalf of his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Deut 24:13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
- Rom 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- Ps 106:30–31But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- Luke 10:28–29“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
- Rom 10:5–6For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Jas 2:10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
- Prov 12:28There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
- Ps 119:6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
- Ezek 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- Gal 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Lev 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
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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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