Deuteronomy 26:18

Translations

Modern

And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

Traditional

And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

Literal

And YHWH has proclaimed you today to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised to you, and that you should keep all His commandments,

Latin

Et Dominus elegit te hodie ut sis ei populus peculiaris, sicut locutus est tibi, et custodias omnia præcepta illius:

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English

And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

Notes

Deuteronomy 26:16–19

Moses explained the main covenant principles (chapters 5–11) and clarified their application (chapters 12–26). Then Moses urged the people to obey the covenant with all their hearts.

The Lord had called them into a special relationship with himself, a privilege that required obedience to the covenant prescriptions. The result of this submission was holiness, a state that reflected God’s character and that would flow naturally from unbroken fellowship with him.

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Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:9
The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Deuteronomy 14:2
…for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Exodus 6:7
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
Romans 16:26
…but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Ezekiel 36:25–27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Jeremiah 31:32–34
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
Psalm 119:6
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

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Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Feasts and Festivals of Israel People of God

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Adoption: Spiritual Blessing: Temporal, from God Church of Israel: Established by God God: Love of, Exemplified Government: Theocratic Obedience: Enjoined The Jews: Promises Respecting Made to Themselves The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God was Established On: The Right of Covenant

Deuteronomy 26:18

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