Deuteronomy 10:12-22

12 And now, Israel, what [is] Yahweh your God asking from you, except to revere Yahweh your God, to go in all his ways and to love him and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes that I am commanding you today {for your own good}.

14 Look! For to Yahweh your God {belong} heaven and the {highest heavens}, the earth and all that [is] in it.

15 {Yet} to your ancestors Yahweh was very attached, [so as to] love them, and [so] he chose their offspring after them, [namely] you, from all the peoples, as it is {today}.

16 So you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and {do not be stubborn}.

17 For Yahweh your God, he [is] God of the gods and Lord of the lords, the great and mighty God, the awesome [one] who {is not partial}, and he does not take bribes.

18 [And he] executes justice for the orphan and widow, and [he is] one who loves [the] alien, to give to them food and clothing.

19 And you shall love the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

20 Yahweh your God, you shall revere him, you shall serve him, and to him you shall cling, and by his name you shall swear.

21 He [is] your praise, and he [is] your God, who has done with you these great and awesome [things] that your eyes have seen.

22 With [only] seventy persons your ancestors went down to Egypt, but now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the heaven {with respect to multitude}.

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "requiring"
• [b]. Or "but only"
• [c]. Or "to walk"
• [d]. Or "inner self"
• [e]. Literally "for good to you"
• [f]. Literally "is"
• [g]. Literally "heavens of the heavens"
• [h]. Literally "Only"
• [i]. Or "fathers"
• [j]. Literally "the day the this"
• [k]. Literally "your neck you shall not make stiff [any] longer"
• [l]. Literally "[does] not lift up faces"
• [m]. Or "fathers"
• [n]. Literally "as far as number"