Attachment is never neutral. Whatever you consistently cling to eventually begins to shape you — your habits, your values, your direction, and your character. This commandment is Yah protecting the influence.
Entry #7 introduced us to Deuteronomy 6:13 and the commandment to revere Yah — yaraa, the deep, covenant-rooted fear that produces humility, attentiveness, restraint, and honor. We saw that this kind of reverence is not the terror of a slave before a volatile ruler but the steady, willing posture of a child who recognizes that the Father is greater, wiser, and worth honoring.
Deuteronomy 10:20 returns to that same instruction — and adds something that 6:13 did not contain.
“Revere Yahauah your alah and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.”
The revere and the serve we have already examined. What is new here — and what this entry is built around — is two words: hold fast.
Or, in its more ancient form: cleave.
