And now in conclusion; in the same way opened the concluding stage of the first discourses, Deuteronomy 4:1.

What doth … require of thee what is … asking of thee. Cp. Micah 6:8, seeking from thee. The force of the question lies in this, that it is nothing impossible or extraordinary or complicated, that God demands, but what is simple and within the people's duty.

to fear Deuteronomy 4:10 (q.v.), Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20.

to walk in all his ways See on Deuteronomy 5:33.

to love him … with all thy heart, etc.] See on Deuteronomy 6:5.

to serve or worship; see on Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 6:13; combined with loveor fear, Deuteronomy 10:20, Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 13:4, etc., and deuteronomic passages in other books.

13. to keep or in that thou keepest, for this is how they are to fear and love Him.

commandments … and statutes Varied from Deuteronomy 7:11. for thy good, Deuteronomy 6:24. That the verse is made up of formulas does not necessarily prove its secondary character (Steuern.).

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