Deuteronomy 10:12-22
Evangelical Heritage Version
12 So now, Israel, what is the Lord your God asking of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 to keep the commandments of the Lord and his statutes that I am commanding you today for your own good.
14 Indeed, the heavens and the heaven of heavens,[a] the earth and everything that is on it—these belong to the Lord your God. 15 Still, the Lord attached himself to your fathers, loved them, and he chose their descendants after them (that’s you!) from all peoples, as it is today.
16 So cut away the tough shell of your sinful nature,[b] and do not be stubborn any longer.
17 The Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords, the great God, the mighty one and the awesome one, who does not show favoritism and does not take a bribe. 18 He carries out justice for the fatherless and widows. He loves the alien who dwells among you and gives him food and clothing. 19 So you are to love the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
20 Fear the Lord your God, serve him, cling to him, and take your oaths in his name.
21 He is your glory. He is your God, who performed for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen.
22 When your fathers went down to Egypt, they numbered seventy people, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.
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- Deuteronomy 10:14 The heavens are where the birds and stars are. The heaven of heavens is where God dwells.
- Deuteronomy 10:16 Literally circumcise the foreskin of your hearts
Deuteronomy 10:12-22
Lexham English Bible
12 And now, Israel, what is Yahweh your God asking[a] from you, except[b] to revere Yahweh your God, to go[c] in all his ways and to love him and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,[d] 13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes that I am commanding you today for your own good.[e] 14 Look! For to Yahweh your God belong[f] heaven and the highest heavens,[g] the earth and all that is in it. 15 Yet[h] to your ancestors[i] 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.[j] 16 So you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn.[k] 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,[l] 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[m] went down to Egypt, but now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the heaven with respect to multitude.[n]
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- Deuteronomy 10:12 Or “requiring”
- Deuteronomy 10:12 Or “but only”
- Deuteronomy 10:12 Or “to walk”
- Deuteronomy 10:12 Or “inner self”
- Deuteronomy 10:13 Literally “for good to you”
- Deuteronomy 10:14 Literally “is”
- Deuteronomy 10:14 Literally “heavens of the heavens”
- Deuteronomy 10:15 Literally “Only”
- Deuteronomy 10:15 Or “fathers”
- Deuteronomy 10:15 Literally “the day the this”
- Deuteronomy 10:16 Literally “your neck you shall not make stiff any longer”
- Deuteronomy 10:17 Literally “does not lift up faces”
- Deuteronomy 10:22 Or “fathers”
- Deuteronomy 10:22 Literally “as far as number”
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