The LORD has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 26:18 in context
Deuteronomy 26:15–19
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Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
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Today the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.
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You have declared today that the LORD is your God, and that you would walk in his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice.
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The LORD has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.
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He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.
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