It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.
Parallel translations
- KJV Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
- BSB If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
- NKJV “Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
- NASB “Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep His covenant with you and His faithfulness which He swore to your forefathers.
- NLT “If you listen to these regulations and faithfully obey them, the Lord your God will keep his covenant of unfailing love with you, as he promised with an oath to your ancestors.
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Quick answer
If Israel listens and obeys, God will keep his covenant of steadfast love sworn to the fathers. God's faithfulness meets covenant obedience with blessing.
Overview
Moses links Israel's obedience to the ongoing experience of God's covenant blessing. God's commitment is sure, yet the people enjoy its fullness as they walk faithfully. This reflects the consistent biblical pattern that God's grace produces and is honored by obedient faith, ultimately realized in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 28:1–14It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
- Deut 7:9Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- Lev 26:3–13“‘If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
- Ps 105:8–10He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Luke 1:72–73to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
- Mic 7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
- Luke 1:55As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
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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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