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Ramban on Deuteronomy 7:13/רמב"ן על דברים ז׳:י״ג
אוְטַעַם וַאֲהֵבְךָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים לְאַהֲבַת הַשֵּׁם גַּם הוּא יֹאהַב אוֹתְךָ. וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁיִּהְיֶה וַאֲהֵבְךָ יֹצֵא, שֶׁמְּחַבֵּב אוֹתְךָ לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת הַנִּשְׁפָּטִים וְלֹא יִשְׂנָאוּךָ עֲלֵיהֶם. וּבֵרַכְךָ, שֶׁלֹּא תְאֻנֶּה אֵלֶיךָ רָעָה בַּעֲבוּר הַמִּשְׁפָּט. וְהִרְבֶּךָ, שֶׁלֹּא תִּמְעַט בְּאָבְדַן הָעוֹבְרִים אֲפִלּוּ יִהְיוּ רַבִּים אוֹבְדִים כְּאַנְשֵׁי עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת:
1VA’AHEIVCHA’ (AND HE WILL LOVE THEE). The meaning thereof is that when you will observe the ordinances [i.e., the judgments] out of a love for G-d, He will love you as well. It is possible that va’aheivcha is transitive, meaning that He will cause you to be beloved by the families of those judged [to punishment] and you will not be hated because of [what you have done to] them. And He will bless thee,31 that there shall no evil befall thee32 because of the judgment [you have rendered]. And He will multiply thee,31 that you will not be diminished because of the death of the transgressors, even if many are slain such as the people of an apostate city.33