16 "This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances . You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul . 17 " You have today declared the Lord to be your God , and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes , His commandments and His ordinances , and listen to His voice . 18 "The Lord has today declared you to be His people , a treasured possession , as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments ; 19 and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made , for praise , fame , and honor ; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the Lord your God , as He has spoken ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Commentary on Deuteronomy 26:16-19
(Read Deuteronomy 26:16-19)
Moses here enforces the precepts. They are God's laws, therefore thou shalt do them, to that end were they given thee; do them, and dispute them not; do them, and draw not back; do them, not carelessly and hypocritically, but with thy heart and soul, thy whole heart and thy whole soul. We forswear ourselves, and break the most sacred engagement, if, when we have taken the Lord to be our God, we do not make conscience of obeying his commands. We are elected to obedience, Titus 2:14. Holiness is true honour, and the only way to everlasting honour.