Deuteronomy 32:47
for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing you prolong days on the ground to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it.”
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
48And YHWH speaks to Moses on this very same day, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.
Deuteronomy 30:16in that today I am commanding you to love your God YHWH, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and you have lived and multiplied, and your God YHWH has blessed you in the land to where you are going in to possess it.
Deuteronomy 30:20to love your God YHWH, to listen to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He [is] your life and the length of your days), to dwell on the ground which YHWH has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.”
Proverbs 3:1My son! Do not forget my law, || And let your heart keep my commands,
Proverbs 3:22And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
Proverbs 4:22For they [are] life to those finding them, || And healing to all their flesh.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:45-52
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to… Read the whole commentary →