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Verse	Translation	Text
De 26:16	Strong Concordance	This day [03117] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath commanded [06680] thee to do [06213] these statutes [02706] and judgments [04941]: thou shalt therefore keep [08104] and do [06213] them with all thine heart [03824], and with all thy soul [05315].
	King James	This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A brief and earnest exhortation by way of conclusion to the second and longest discourse of the book. Deu 26:17 Thou hast avouched - literally, "made to say:" so also in the next verse. The sense is: "Thou hast given occasion to the Lord to say that He is thy God," i. e. by promising that He shall be so. Compare Exo 24:7; Jos 24:14-25,

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

A brief and earnest exhortation by way of conclusion to the second and longest discourse of the book.

Deu 26:17

Thou hast avouched - literally, "made to say:" so also in the next verse. The sense is: "Thou hast given occasion to the Lord to say that He is thy God," i. e. by promising that He shall be so. Compare Exo 24:7; Jos 24:14-25,

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
At the close of his discourse, Moses sums up the whole in the earnest admonition that Israel would give the Lord its God occasion to fulfil the promised glorification of His people, by keeping His commandments with all their heart and soul. Deu 26:16-17 On this day the Lord commanded Israel to keep these laws and rights with all the heart and all the soul (cf. Deu 6:5; Deu 10:12.). There are two important points contained in this (Deu 26:17.). The acceptance of the laws laid before them on the part of the Israelites involved a practical declaration that the nation would accept Jehovah as its God, and walk in His way (Deu 26:17); and the giving of the law on the part of the Lord was a practical confirmation of His promise that Israel should be His people of possession, which He would glorify above all nations (Deu 26:18, Deu 26:19). "Thou hast let the Lord say to-day to be thy God," i.e., hast given Him occasion to say to thee that He will be thy God, manifest Himself to thee as thy God. "And to walk in His ways, and to keep His laws," etc., for "and that thou wouldst walk in His ways, and keep His laws." The acceptance of Jehovah as its God involved eo ipso a willingness to walk in His ways. Deu 26:18-19 At the same time, Jehovah had caused the people to be told that they were His treasured people of possession, as He had said in Exo 19:5-6; and that if they kept all His commandments, He would set them highest above all nations whom He had created, "for praise, and for a name, and for glory," i.e., make them an object of praise, and renown, and glorification of God, the Lord and Creator of Israel, among all nations (vid., Jer 33:9 and Jer 13:11; Jer 3:19-20). "And that it should become a holy people unto the Lord," as He had already said in Exo 19:6. The sanctification of Israel was the design and end of its divine election, and would be accomplished in the glory to which the people of God were to be exalted (see the commentary on Exo 19:5-6). The Hiphil האמיר, which is only found here, has no other meaning than this, "to cause a person to say," or "give him occasion to say;" and this is perfectly appropriate here, whereas the other meaning suggested, "to exalt," has no tenable support either in the paraphrastic rendering of these verses in the ancient versions, or in the Hithpael in Psa 94:4, and moreover is altogether unsuitable in Deu 26:17.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

At the close of his discourse, Moses sums up the whole in the earnest admonition that Israel would give the Lord its God occasion to fulfil the promised glorification of His people, by keeping His commandments with all their heart and soul.

Deu 26:16-17

On this day the Lord commanded Israel to keep these laws and rights with all the heart and all the soul (cf. Deu 6:5; Deu 10:12.). There are two important points contained in this (Deu 26:17.). The acceptance of the laws laid before them on the part of the Israelites involved a practical declaration that the nation would accept Jehovah as its God, and walk in His way (Deu 26:17); and the giving of the law on the part of the Lord was a practical confirmation of His promise that Israel should be His people of possession, which He would glorify above all nations (Deu 26:18, Deu 26:19). "Thou hast let the Lord say to-day to be thy God," i.e., hast given Him occasion to say to thee that He will be thy God, manifest Himself to thee as thy God. "And to walk in His ways, and to keep His laws," etc., for "and that thou wouldst walk in His ways, and keep His laws." The acceptance of Jehovah as its God involved eo ipso a willingness to walk in His ways.

Deu 26:18-19

At the same time, Jehovah had caused the people to be told that they were His treasured people of possession, as He had said in Exo 19:5-6; and that if they kept all His commandments, He would set them highest above all nations whom He had created, "for praise, and for a name, and for glory," i.e., make them an object of praise, and renown, and glorification of God, the Lord and Creator of Israel, among all nations (vid., Jer 33:9 and Jer 13:11; Jer 3:19-20). "And that it should become a holy people unto the Lord," as He had already said in Exo 19:6. The sanctification of Israel was the design and end of its divine election, and would be accomplished in the glory to which the people of God were to be exalted (see the commentary on Exo 19:5-6). The Hiphil האמיר, which is only found here, has no other meaning than this, "to cause a person to say," or "give him occasion to say;" and this is perfectly appropriate here, whereas the other meaning suggested, "to exalt," has no tenable support either in the paraphrastic rendering of these verses in the ancient versions, or in the Hithpael in Psa 94:4, and moreover is altogether unsuitable in Deu 26:17.

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¹⁴ Now therefore fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him in sincerity [08549] and in truth [0571]: and put away [05493] the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and in Egypt [04714]; and serve [05647] ye the LORD [03068].
¹⁵ And if it seem evil [07489] unto you [04310] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068], choose [0977] you this day [03117] whom [05869] ye will serve [05647]; whether the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] that were on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], or the gods [0430] of the Amorites [0567], in whose land [0776] ye dwell [03427]: but as for me and my house [01004], we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
¹⁶ And the people [05971] answered [06030] and said [0559], God forbid [02486] that we should forsake [05800] the LORD [03068], to serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430];
¹⁷ For the LORD [03068] our God [0430], he it is that brought us up [05927] and our fathers [01] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], from the house [01004] of bondage [05650], and which did [06213] those great [01419] signs [0226] in our sight [05869], and preserved [08104] us in all the way [01870] wherein we went [01980], and among all the people [05971] through [07130] whom we passed [05674]:
¹⁸ And the LORD [03068] drave out [01644] from before [06440] us all the people [05971], even the Amorites [0567] which dwelt [03427] in the land [0776]: therefore will we also serve [05647] the LORD [03068]; for he is our God [0430].
¹⁹ And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto the people [05971], Ye cannot [03201] serve [05647] the LORD [03068]: for he is an holy [06918] God [0430]; he is a jealous [07072] God [0410]; he will not forgive [05375] your transgressions [06588] nor your sins [02403].
²⁰ If ye forsake [05800] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] strange [05236] gods [0430], then he will turn [07725] and do you hurt [07489], and consume [03615] you, after [0310] that he hath done you good [03190].
²¹ And the people [05971] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Nay; but we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
²² And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto the people [05971], Ye are witnesses [05707] against yourselves that ye have chosen [0977] you the LORD [03068], to serve [05647] him. And they said [0559], We are witnesses [05707].
²³ Now therefore put away [05493], said he, the strange [05236] gods [0430] which are among [07130] you, and incline [05186] your heart [03824] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
²⁴ And the people [05971] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], The LORD [03068] our God [0430] will we serve [05647], and his voice [06963] will we obey [08085].
²⁵ So Joshua [03091] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with the people [05971] that day [03117], and set [07760] them a statute [02706] and an ordinance [04941] in Shechem [07927].

⁷ And he took [03947] the book [05612] of the covenant [01285], and read [07121] in the audience [0241] of the people [05971]: and they said [0559], All that the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] will we do [06213], and be obedient [08085].

¹⁷ Thou hast avouched [0559] the LORD [03068] this day [03117] to be thy God [0430], and to walk [03212] in his ways [01870], and to keep [08104] his statutes [02706], and his commandments [04687], and his judgments [04941], and to hearken [08085] unto his voice [06963]: