that God’s law is not a burden to be borne, but God’s gracious provision for Israel’s good (13). To live well means to obey God’s law, and to obey presupposes a reverent love for him who gave the law (cf. 11:1–25). 14, 15. Why should Israel respond to Yahweh her God with such complete allegiance? The depths are plumbed in the answer that follows. It was not merely because of his saving acts or because Israel’s good was bound up with such obedience. The real reason was more profound. Israel was to
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