Deuteronomy 8:1

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
commandments	הַמִּצְוָ֗ה ha.mitz.Vah	H4687	a command · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
command	מְצַוְּךָ֛ me.tza.ve.Kha	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
day	הַיּ֖וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
observe	תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן tish.me.Run	H8104	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
do	לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
live	תִּֽחְי֜וּן tich.Yun	H2421	to live · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
multiply	וּרְבִיתֶ֗ם u.re.vi.Tem	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
in	וּבָאתֶם֙ u.va.Tem	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
possess	וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם vi.rish.Tem	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
land	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
sware	נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba'	H7650	to seven oneself · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fathers	לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם la.'a.vo.tei.Khem	H1	father · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in an…
Deuteronomy 5:32-6:3 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to plea…
Psalms 119:4-6 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9

The charge here given them is the same as before, to keep and do all God's commandments. Their obedience must be, 1. Careful: Observe to do. 2. Universal: To do all the commandments, Deu 8:1. And, 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and particularly with a holy fear of him (Deu 8:6), from a reverence of his majesty, a submission to his authority, and a dread of his wrath. To engage them to this obedience, besides the great advantages of it, which he sets before them (that they should live and multiply, and all should be well with them, Deu 8:1), he directs them, I. To look back upon the wilderness through which God had now brought them: Thou shalt remem…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 8:1

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do,.... It is repeated over and over again, to impress it on their minds, and to show the importance and necessity of it, how greatly it was expected from them, and how much it was incumbent on them: that ye may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers; for their temporal life, and the mercies and comforts of it, the multiplication of their offspring, and of their substance, their entrance into the land of Canaan, possession of it, and continuance in it, all depended on their obedience to the commands of God; see Deuteronomy 19:20.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 8:1-6

Deuteronomy 8:1-6 1. All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 1. Omne praeceptum quod ego praecipio tibi hodie, custodietis ut faciatis, ut vivatis, et multiplicemini, et ingrediamini ut possideatis terram de qua juravit Jehova patribus vestris. 2. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 2. Meminerisque totius vim per quam deduxit to Jehova Deus tuus jam quadraginta anni…

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Dictionary and topics

Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 8:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9

John Gill on Deuteronomy 8:1

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 8:1-6

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Deuteronomy 8:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9

John Gill on Deuteronomy 8:1

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 8:1-6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 8:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Rashi on Deuteronomy 8:1