Deuteronomy 11:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XI.

(1) Therefore. — There is no break here in the original. “The Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude, and thou shalt love the Lord thy God.”

And keep his charge. — Literally, keep his keeping, i.e., all that is to be kept in obedience to Him.

Alway. — Literally, all the days. (Comp. “I am with you all the days” in Matthew 28:20) Israel must not omit one day in keeping the charge of Jehovah, for “He that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”

Deuteronomy 11:1

1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.