Komentarz do Powtórzonego Prawa 5:29

YE SHALL OBSERVE TO DO, THEREFORE, AS THE ETERNAL YOUR G-D COMMANDED YOU. This warning alludes to the Ten Commandments which G-d Himself communicated to them directly, and afterwards he admonished them with respect to the rest of the commandments which they said they [preferred to] hear from Moses and [they promised] to perform them. Therefore, he said, And this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances which the Eternal your G-d commanded to teach you,²⁰⁰Further, 6:1. since G-d agreed to your request and He commanded me to teach you the entire balance of the Torah, that ye may live,²⁰¹Verse 30. that He may fulfill the number of your days,²⁰²See Exodus 23:26. and that it may be well with you²⁰¹Verse 30. with all the good that He promised you in the section of If ye walk in My statutes²⁰³Leviticus 26:2. and other sections besides; and that ye may prolong your days in the Land²⁰¹Verse 30. that you will inherit for your children forever.

ושמרתם לעשות, seeing that things have developed in this fashion it is no more than a minimal request that you observe and carry out G’d’s commandments,

ושמרתם לעשות כאשר צוה ה' אלוקיכם אתכם, “You shall be careful to act in accordance with what the Lord your G’d commanded you;” Nachmanides writes that this verse is a warning to meticulously observe the Ten Commandments, commandments which G’d personally gave to them at the Revelation.

VV. 29 u. 30. ושמרתם לעשות וגו׳ ist nun die Anrede Mosche an das Volk und zieht die Konsequenz aus allem Bisherigen. Zuerst ושמרתם: die Verpflichtung zu treuester Erfüllung als Verpflichtung gegen Gott, und sodann ׳בכל הדרך וגו als einziger Weg zu unserem glücklichen Leben in der Gegenwart und zu der Dauer unseres Glückes in aller Zukunft.

ולא תסורו ימין ושמאל, neither to add to them even if your intentions are good, nor to detract from them.