Verse 30
keep Mine ordinance. This is the Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) = "observe My observance", but, Eng. keep My charge.
customs = statutes: because they were legal enactments of the land, Compare Leviticus 18:3 . The word is rendered "statutes" in Deuteronomy 6:24 ; Deuteronomy 16:12 , and Deuteronomy 26:16 .
I am the LORD your God. This body of laws (Leviticus 18:0 ) is emphasized and solemnized by beginning and ending with the same expression. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis. See App-6 .
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