Deuteronomy 10:15-22

15 Yet the LORD set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.

16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.

17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

19 And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.

20 Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

21 He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.

22 Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 10:15-22 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 4:37
• 2. Psalms 105:6; Psalms 135:4
• 3. S Numbers 14:8; Romans 11:28; 1 Peter 2:9
• 4. S Genesis 17:11; Jeremiah 4:4
• 5. S Leviticus 26:41; Deuteronomy 30:6; Jeremiah 32:39
• 6. S Exodus 32:9; S Deuteronomy 9:13; Deuteronomy 9:6
• 7. Joshua 22:22; Psalms 135:5; Psalms 136:2; Daniel 2:47; Daniel 11:36
• 8. Psalms 136:3; S 1 Timothy 6:15
• 9. S Deuteronomy 7:21
• 10. Deuteronomy 1:17; Malachi 2:9; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Ephesians 6:9
• 11. S Exodus 23:8; S Leviticus 19:16
• 12. Ex 22:21,22-24; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:33; Deuteronomy 27:19; Job 29:13; Psalms 94:6; Isaiah 10:2; Jeremiah 49:11; Psalms 68:5
• 13. S Numbers 10:32
• 14. Deuteronomy 7:12
• 15. S Exodus 22:21; S Deuteronomy 24:19
• 16. S Leviticus 19:34; Ezekiel 47:22-23
• 17. Matthew 4:10
• 18. Deuteronomy 11:22; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 30:20; Joshua 23:8; Ruth 1:14; 2 Kings 18:6; Psalms 119:31; Isaiah 38:3
• 19. S Exodus 20:7; Psalms 63:11
• 20. S Exodus 15:2; Jeremiah 17:14
• 21. 1 Samuel 12:24; Psalms 126:2
• 22. 2 Samuel 7:23; Psalms 106:21-22
• 23. S Genesis 34:30; S Genesis 46:26; Acts 7:14; Ge Genesis 46:26-27
• 24. S Genesis 12:2; S Numbers 10:36; Genesis 15:5; Deuteronomy 1:10