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Deuteronomy 10:12-22
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Have Respect for the LORD
12 And now, Israel, what is the LORD your God asking you to do? Have respect for him. Live exactly as he wants you to live. Love him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Obey the LORD's commands and rules. I'm giving them to you today for your own good.
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The heavens belong to the LORD your God. Even the highest heavens belong to him. He owns the earth and everything in it.
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But the LORD loved your people very much long ago. You are their children. And he chose you above all of the other nations. His love and his promise remain with you to this very day.
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So don't let your hearts be stubborn anymore. Obey the Lord.
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The LORD your God is the greatest God of all. He is the greatest Lord of all. He is the great God. He is mighty and wonderful. He treats everyone the same. He doesn't accept any money from those who want special favors.
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He stands up for widows and for children whose fathers have died. He loves outsiders. He gives them food and clothes.
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So you also must love outsiders. Remember that you yourselves were outsiders in Egypt.
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Have respect for the LORD your God. Serve him. Remain true to him. When you make promises, take your oaths in his name.
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He is the one you should praise. He's your God. With your own eyes you saw the great and wonderful miracles he did for you.
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Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the LORD your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.
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Deuteronomy 10:12-22 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 10
In this chapter an account is given of an order to Moses to hew two tables of stone, on which the Lord would write the words that were on the first, and to make an ark and put them into it, all which was accordingly done, De 10:1-5 and of some of the journeys of the children of Israel, De 10:6,7 and of the separation of the tribe of Levi to the service of the sanctuary, De 10:8,9 and of Moses's stay in the mount forty days and nights, and his success there, and the direction he had to lead on the people of Israel towards Canaan's land, De 10:10,11 and who by various arguments are exhorted to fear the Lord, and serve him, and keep his commands, De 10:12-22.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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