Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
16. The constr. of the Heb. is faulty but may be restored from the LXX thus: If thou hearken to the commandment of the Lord thy God which I command thee (Dillm.). For Deu 30:16 a see on Deu 13:4 (5): his commandments (wanting in LXX), Deu 4:2; statutes and judgements, Deu 4:1. On 16 b, that thou mayest live, cp. Deu 4:1, Deu 30:6; on whither thou goest in to possess it (characteristic of the Sg. passages) see Deu 7:1, for the Pl. synonym see Deu 6:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God,…. Which is the sum and substance of the first table of the law, and includes the whole worship of God, the contrary to which are idolatry, superstition, and will worship, from which Moses had been dissuading and deterring them:
to walk in his ways; which he has prescribed, as his will to walk in, and his law directs to:
and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments; his laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, Moses had been repeating and reciting:
that thou mayest live and multiply; live in the land of Canaan, and have a numerous offspring and posterity to succeed and continue in it, which is confirmed by what follows:
and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it; with health and happiness, with an affluence of all good things, in the land of Canaan they were just entering into to take possession of.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Deu 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Ver. 16. To love the Lord. ] God must be obeyed out of love, or all is lost.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
In that. The Septuagint reads, “For thou must keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God which”, instead of “In that”. So that this clause apparently was in the Manuscript from which the Septuagint was translated.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
to love: Deu 30:6, Mat 22:37, Mat 22:38, 1Co 7:19, 1Jo 5:2, 1Jo 5:3
to keep: Joh 14:21
Reciprocal: Deu 10:12 – love Deu 11:1 – thou shalt Deu 16:15 – because Deu 26:17 – and to Deu 30:20 – love 1Ki 3:3 – loved Psa 31:23 – O love Psa 119:4 – General Pro 3:1 – let
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
30:16 In that I command thee this day {m} to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest {n} live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
(m) So that to love and obey God, is only life and happiness.
(n) He adds these promises to signify that it is for our profit that we love him, and not for his.