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Ramban on Deuteronomy 26:17/רמב"ן על דברים כ״ו:י״ז

אוְטַעַם אֶת ה' הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֹם, כֵּיוָן שֶׁקִּבַּלְתֶּם עֲלֵיכֶם כָּל הַתּוֹרָה בְּפֵרוּשֶׁיהָ וּבְדִקְדּוּקֶיהָ וּבְחִדּוּשֶׁיהָ הִנֵּה גִּדַּלְתֶּם הַשֵּׁם וְרוֹמַמְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה הוּא לְבַדּוֹ לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים, לֹא תּוֹדוּ בְּאֵל אַחֵר כְּלָל:

1THOU HAST AVOUCHED THE ETERNAL THIS DAY. The meaning thereof is: “Since you have accepted the entire Torah upon yourselves with all its interpretations, details, and new promulgations, you have thus magnified G-d and exalted Him, that He alone will be your G-d; you will in no way avow another god.”

בוְלָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו, שֶׁתַּעֲשׂוּ הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר וְתִגְמְלוּ חֶסֶד אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ, וְלִשְׁמֹר חֻקָּיו וּמִצְוֹתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו, יַזְכִּיר בִּפְרָט הַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים כַּאֲשֶׁר פֵּרַשְׁתִּי (רמב"ן על דברים ד':ה'), וְיִכְלֹל בְּמִצְוֹתָיו כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת, מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, וְלִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקֹלוֹ, כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר יְצַוֶּה לָכֶם מִשְּׁאָר הַמַּעֲשִׂים עַל יָדִי אוֹ עַל יַד שְׁאָר הַנְּבִיאִים כַּאֲשֶׁר פֵּרַשְׁתִּי (רמב"ן על דברים י"ג:ה'). וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁיְּהוּ מִצְוֹתָיו מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה וְלִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹלוֹ הַמְּנִיעוֹת, כְּלוֹמַר מִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה:

2AND THAT THOU WOULDEST WALK IN HIS WAYS — to do the good and the right, and do kindness one to another. And keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances. He [Moses] singles out the statutes and ordinances [for the reason] I have explained,⁴² and he includes in the expression and His commandments all the commandments — positive and negative. And hearken unto His voice — this refers to whatever He will command you concerning other deeds through me or through the rest of the prophets, as I have explained.⁴³, 13:5. It is possible that the expression His commandments refers to the positive commandments, and hearken unto His voice means the avoidances, that is to say, the negative commandments.