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Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
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Verse 6. This is a proof of your wisdom, and so forth if you observe these commands. Your conduct will excite the admiration of all. Menochius.—Solomon often inculcates the same truths. Proverbs 1:7. Sirach 1:34. Even profane writers applauded the laws and fidelity of the Jews. See Jos. Bel. i. 5. Strabo xvi. Calmet.
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