Deuteronomy 26:16-19
New American Standard Bible
16 “This day the Lord your God commands you to perform these statutes and ordinances. Therefore you shall be careful to perform them (A)with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 (B)Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and [a]that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice. 18 And the Lord has today declared you to be (C)His people, His personal possession, just as He promised you, and [b]that you are to keep all His commandments; 19 and [c]that He will (D)put you high above all the nations which He has made, for glory, fame, and honor; and that you shall be (E)a consecrated people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
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- Deuteronomy 26:17 Lit to walk in
- Deuteronomy 26:18 Lit to keep all
- Deuteronomy 26:19 Lit to put you
Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Revised Standard Version
Concluding Exhortation
16 “This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 You have declared this day concerning the Lord that he is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his ordinances, and will obey his voice; 18 and the Lord has declared this day concerning you that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments, 19 that he will set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has spoken.”
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