“Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:”
And it shall come to pass, if you hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD your God shall keep unto you the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto your fathers; -- the conditional: if Israel keeps the law, the LORD maintains covenant and mercy toward the fathers' oath. Obedience activates the ancient covenant.
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