SPECIAL TOPIC: YHWH'S COVENANT REQUIREMENTS OF ISRAEL (Deut. 10:12-13)

YHWH commanded Israel to act on what He had already promised—the conquest of the Promised Land:

  1. "arise" ‒ BDB 877, KB 1086, Qal IMPERATIVE SINGULAR, cf. Deut. 2:13,24, which are PLURAL and refer to Israel. Here the SINGULAR refers to Moses.
  2. "proceed" ‒ BDB 229, KB 246, Qal IMPERATIVE SINGULAR, literally means "break camp and start the next stage of the journey" (cf. Exod. 17:1; 40:36,38;l Num. 10:2,12; 33:1,2). Moses was to lead the people onward.
  3. "they may go in" ‒ BDB 97, KB 112, Qal IMPERATIVE PLURAL, which may be functioning as a JUSSIVE
  4. "and possess the land" ‒ BDB 439, KB 441, Qal IMPERFECT PLURAL, which may be functioning as a JUSSIVE (see SPECIAL TOPIC: POSSESS THE LAND)

YHWH's requirements ("require," BDB 981, KB 1371, Qal ACTIVE PARTICIPLE) are stated clearly in a series of Qal INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTS:

  1. "to fear the Lord" ‒ BDB 431, KB 432, cf. Deut. 4:10; 10:12,20 ( SPECIAL TOPIC: FEAR)
  2. "to walk in all His ways" ‒ BDB 229, KB 246, cf. Deut. 4:29 ( SPECIAL TOPIC: THE PATH, THE WAY)
  3. "to love Him" ‒ BDB 12, KB 17, Deut. 6:5; 10:15; see full note at 5:10
  4. "to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul" ‒ BDB 712, KB 773, Deut. 4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 11:13; 13:3; 26:16; 30:2,6,10
  5. "to keep the Lord's commandments and His statutes" ‒ BDB 1036, KB 1581 ( SPECIAL TOPIC: KEEP)

This passage is similar to Micah 6:6-8. Both speak of a faith that affects daily life!

SPECIAL TOPIC: COVENANT

 

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