 Rabbi Abba bar Kahana read together with “And lay up my commandments with you,” to teach God's message that if people laid up for God Torah and precepts in this world, then God would lay up for them a good reward in the World to Come.And Ben Azzai taught that the performance of one commandment leads to the performance of another commandment, and one sin leads to another sin; and thus the reward for a commandment is another commandment, and the reward for one sin is another sin.The Sifre interpreted the “ways” of God referred to in (as well as and ) by making reference to “The Lord, the Lord, God of mercy and grace, slow to wrath and abundant in mercy and truth, keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving transgression, offense, and sin, and cleansing .