Deuteronomy 10:12-22

GOD’S WORD Translation

Israel Encouraged to Follow God’s Guidance

¹² Israel, what does the Lord your God want you to do? He wants you to fear him, follow all his directions, love him, and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul. ¹³ The Lord wants you to obey his commands and laws that I’m giving you today for your own good. ¹⁴ Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God. ¹⁵ The Lord set his heart on your ancestors and loved them. Because of this, today he chooses you, their descendants, out of all the people of the world.

¹⁶ So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don’t be impossible to deal with any longer. ¹⁷ The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, powerful, and awe-inspiring God. He never plays favorites and never takes a bribe. ¹⁸ He makes sure orphans and widows receive justice. He loves foreigners and gives them food and clothes. ¹⁹ So you should love foreigners, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. ²⁰ Fear the Lord your God, worship him, be loyal to him, and take your oaths in his name. ²¹ He is your glory. He is your God, who did for you these spectacular and awe-inspiring deeds you saw with your own eyes. ²² When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were 70 of them. Now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.