With the beginning of a new section, Moses should be reintroduced as the speaker.

Obey the voice … be careful to do: these are parallel and have the same meaning (see verse 13).

His commandments and his statutes: see 4.1-2. For the language see verse 1.

These curses shall come upon you and overtake you: see verse 2. For a comment on “curse” see 11.26.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .