this do. No one ever did it, because the Law was given that, being convicted of' our impotence, we might thankfully cast ourselves on His omnipotence. Compare Rom_7:7-13.
thou shalt live. See notes on Lev_18:5, and compare Eze_20:11, Eze_20:13, Eze_20:21. But see Rom_3:21, Rom_3:22. This is why Deu_6:5 is one of the passages inscribed in the Phylacteries. See Structure of Exo_13:3-16, and note on Deu_6:4.