Deu 8:1 | NETfull | STEP | You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 8:1

1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ^{▼▼ The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).} I am giving ^{▼▼ Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).} you today so that you may live, increase in number, ^{▼▼ Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”} and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ^{▼▼ Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).}