เฉลยธรรมบัญญัติ 4:1
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
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Study Note
Moses' exhortation to 'hearken to the statutes and judgments' in order to 'live and go in and possess the land' establishes the structural logic of Deuteronomy: Torah obedience is not merely commanded but is the condition of life and inheritance. The verb 'hearken' (shema) anticipates the Shema of 6:4 and signals that the listening-obeying complex is the fundamental covenant posture before the commandments are even enumerated. The promised land functions not as a reward for merit but as the covenantal space where the people's identity as YHWH's community is performed and sustained — loss of land is therefore covenant rupture, not merely military defeat. The verse opens one of Deuteronomy's great parenetic sections (4:1–40) which grounds obedience in Sinai memory rather than legal theory.
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And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
`And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.
And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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