What Does Deuteronomy 26:16 Mean?

“This day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“hath commanded”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“and do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“these statutes”

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

these or those

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and judgments”

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

“thou shalt therefore keep”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

“and do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“them with all thine heart”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and with all thy soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment