We are told read the law and “learn to fear the LORD his God, diligently observing all the words of this law and these statutes.”45 All 613, not just ten. (Note again that obedience to god is based on fear.) These biblical books are clear: “If you do not diligently observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, fearing this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God, then the LORD will overwhelm both you and your offspring with severe and lasting afflictions and grievous and lasting maladies.”46 We must “take to heart all the words [and] give them as a command to your
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