Quotes from the Torah
"And it will be that if you listen to My commandments which I command you today to love YHVH your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, I will give you …" (Deuteronomy 11:13, torahtruth.org )
"(You should choose) to love YHVH your God, to listen to His voice and to attach yourself to Him because that is your life and the length of your days to dwell in the Land." ( Deuteronomy 30:20, torahtruth.org)
"… I command you today to love YHVH your God and to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His decrees and His civil laws so that you may live and that you may increase and YHVH your God will bless you in the land into which you are coming to take as a possession." (Deuteronomy, 30:16, torahtruth.org)
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As you can see, all of these quotes refer to loving God and following his commandments in return for good well being. This all goes along with the theme that Jews have an “agreement” with God that if God is good to them, they will follow his rules and laws.
"And it will be that if you listen to My commandments which I command you today to love YHVH your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, I will give you …" (Deuteronomy 11:13, torahtruth.org )
"(You should choose) to love YHVH your God, to listen to His voice and to attach yourself to Him because that is your life and the length of your days to dwell in the Land." ( Deuteronomy 30:20, torahtruth.org)
"… I command you today to love YHVH your God and to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His decrees and His civil laws so that you may live and that you may increase and YHVH your God will bless you in the land into which you are coming to take as a possession." (Deuteronomy, 30:16, torahtruth.org)
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As you can see, all of these quotes refer to loving God and following his commandments in return for good well being. This all goes along with the theme that Jews have an “agreement” with God that if God is good to them, they will follow his rules and laws.