Deuteronomy 26:17 meaning and explanation

Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

Deuteronomy 26:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, before they enter Canaan. In verse 17 the people have just declared their allegiance: the Hebrew verb he'emir comes from a root meaning to say or declare, and here it carries the sense of affirming something publicly.

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