Deuteronomy 10:8-18

8 eo tempore separavit tribum Levi ut portaret arcam foederis Domini et staret coram eo in ministerio ac benediceret in nomine illius usque in praesentem diem

9 quam ob rem non habuit Levi partem neque possessionem cum fratribus suis quia ipse Dominus possessio eius est sicut promisit ei Dominus Deus tuus

10 ego autem steti in monte sicut prius quadraginta diebus ac noctibus exaudivitque me Dominus etiam hac vice et te perdere noluit

11 dixitque mihi vade et praecede populum ut ingrediatur et possideat terram quam iuravi patribus eorum ut traderem eis

12 et nunc Israhel quid Dominus Deus tuus petit a te nisi ut timeas Dominum Deum tuum et ambules in viis eius et diligas eum ac servias Domino Deo tuo in toto corde tuo et in tota anima tua

13 custodiasque mandata Domini et caerimonias eius quas ego hodie praecipio ut bene sit tibi

14 en Domini Dei tui caelum est et caelum caeli terra et omnia quae in ea sunt

15 et tamen patribus tuis conglutinatus est Dominus et amavit eos elegitque semen eorum post eos id est vos de cunctis gentibus sicut hodie conprobatur

16 circumcidite igitur praeputium cordis vestri et cervicem vestram ne induretis amplius

17 quia Dominus Deus vester ipse est Deus deorum et Dominus dominantium Deus magnus et potens et terribilis qui personam non accipit nec munera

18 facit iudicium pupillo et viduae amat peregrinum et dat ei victum atque vestitum

Deuteronomy 10:8-18 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.