Deuteronomy 17:10

“And you shall act according to the word that they announce to you from that place that YHWH chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.”

Deuteronomy 17:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 17:10, word by word

And you shall actעָשִׂיתָasita

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asita” appears
according toפִּיpi

according to

Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.

Where else “pi” appears
the wordדָּבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “davar” appears
they announceיַגִּידוּyagidu

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

Where else “yagidu” appears
placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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choosesיִבְחַרyivchar

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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and you shall be carefulשָׁמַרְתָּshamarta

take care

To watch out for oneself.

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they instruct youיוֹרוּyoru

teach

To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.

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The context

9And you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and you shall inquire, and they shall announce to you the word of judgment.

10 · This verse (above)

11According to the instruction that they instruct you and according to the judgment that they tell you, you shall act; you shall not turn aside from the word that they announce to you, to the right or the left.

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