“And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”
Moreover, the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live — circumcision of the heart ('mal et YHVH et levavekha') is the new covenant moment: inward transformation, not just external obedience. Love ('ve'ahavta') becomes the covenant's interior foundation. This anticipates the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-33).
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