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Another approach to the line ‎והיה עקב תשמעון את המשפטים ‏האלה ושמרתם ועשיתם אותם‎, emphasizes the immediacy with which ‎the people will respond to the commandments and the ‎enthusiasm with which they will perform them. Moses reveals to ‎the people that G’d does not only respond to the fact that the ‎people keep the commandments, but He takes note of how the ‎people relate to the commandments, whether they perform them ‎grudgingly and they drag their feet before performing them, or if ‎they seek out opportunities to fulfill these commandments and ‎having found such opportunities, with how much enthusiasm ‎they will go about performing them. G’d will reward the people ‎for their enthusiastic attitude to the commandments. This is ‎what Onkelos may have had in mind when he said: ‎חלף תקבלון ‏ושמרתם ועשיתם אותם‎, “you will receive the reward as an ‎immediate exchange for performing the commandments.” Not ‎only this; your attitude to My commandments will determine ‎that you will find opportunities to fulfill these commandments.It is also possible that Moses means that there will come a ‎time when G’d will restore to the Jewish people the entire Torah, ‎in accordance with a statement in Vayikra Rabba 13,3 where ‎the Midrash says: ‎תורה חדשה מאתי תצא‎, “a new Torah will ‎emanate from Me.” [According to several commentators ‎on that Midrash the word ‎חדשה‎ there refers to “new” ‎interpretations based on temporary and exceptional ‎circumstances, such as when the prophet Elijah had to repair a ‎defunct altar on top of Mount Carmel. Such altars were ‎prohibited ever since the Temple stood in Jerusalem (or even ‎Shiloh) Ed.]It is possible that the author of the ‎‎Midrash suggests that whereas at Mount Sinai the people ‎could only hear the first two of the Ten Commandments from ‎G’d’s mouth directly, at the time Moses foresees they will be ‎spiritually mature enough to hear the entire text of the Torah ‎directly from G’d’s mouth.‎‎