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”
Deuteronomy 10:12-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Essence of the Law
12 “So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,(A) 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being. 14 Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth with all that is in it,(B) 15 yet the Lord set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today.(C) 16 Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.(D) 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe,(E) 18 who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.(F) 19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.(G) 20 You shall fear the Lord your God; him you shall serve; to him you shall hold fast; and by his name you shall swear.(H) 21 He is your praise; he is your God who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen.(I) 22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.(J)
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