VERSES 9–14 involve one long sentence governed by the twofold appeal to absolute vigilance in verse 9a,2 and a twofold warning (lit.), “lest you forget,” and (lit.) “lest they leave your minds.”3 The verb “forget” does not mean simply a loss of memory, but failure to take into account what the memory recalls—the special relationship Yahweh had established with his people. Throughout his addresses Moses refers to details
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