What Does Deuteronomy 30:2 Mean?

“And shalt return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“unto 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

“and shalt obey”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“his voice”

a voice or sound

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

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

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“according to all that I command”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“thee 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

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“thou and thy children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

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

“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