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Deuteronomy 10:12-12:10
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12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being], 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? 14 Behold, the heavens and the highest of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth and all that is in it. 15 Yet the Lord [a]had a delight in loving your fathers and set His affection on them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day. 16 So circumcise [that is, remove sin from] your heart, and be stiff-necked (stubborn, obstinate) no longer. 17 For the Lord your [b]God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, the awesome God who does not show [c]partiality nor take a bribe. 18 He [d]executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and [e]shows His love for the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) by giving him food and clothing. 19 Therefore, show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 20 You shall fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect]; you shall serve Him and cling to Him [hold tightly to Him, be united with Him], and you shall swear [oaths] by His name. 21 He is your praise and glory; He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which you have seen with your own eyes. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy persons [in all], and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Rewards of Obedience

11 “Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments [it is your obligation to Him]. 2 Know this day that I am not speaking to your children who have not known [by personal experience] and who have not seen [firsthand] the instruction and discipline of the Lord your God—His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm; 3 and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land; 4 and what He did to the army of Egypt, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the [f]Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how the Lord [g]completely destroyed them; 5 and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; 6 and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that [h]followed them, in the midst of all Israel.(A) 7 For your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which He did.

8 “Therefore, you shall keep all the commandments which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land which you are crossing over [the Jordan] to possess; 9 so that you may live long on the land which the Lord swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land [of great abundance,] [i]flowing with milk and honey. 10 For the land which you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered [j]it with your foot like a garden of vegetables. 11 But the land into which you are about to cross to possess, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

13 “It shall come about, if you listen obediently and pay attention to My commandments which I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being]— 14 that [k]He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early [fall] rain and the late [spring] rain, so that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your [olive] oil. 15 And [l]He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. 16 Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away [from the Lord] and serve other gods and worship them, 17 or [else] the Lord’s anger will be kindled and burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

18 “Therefore, you shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as [m]bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead. 19 You shall teach them [diligently] to your [n]children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths], speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. 20 You shall write them on the [o]doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as [p]long as the heavens are above the earth. 22 For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to hold tightly to Him— 23 then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. 24 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall become yours; your territory shall be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea (the Mediterranean). 25 No man will be able to stand before you; the Lord your God will lay the fear and the dread of you on all the land on which you set foot, just as He has spoken to you.

26 “Behold, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse— 27 the blessing, if you listen to and obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today; 28 and the curse, if you do not listen to and obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following (acknowledging, worshiping) other gods which you have not known.

29 “It shall come about, when the Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.(B) 30 Are they not across the Jordan, west of the road, toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? 31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it, 32 and you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you today.

Laws of the Sanctuary

12 “These are the statutes and judgments (precepts) which you shall be careful to do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. 2 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green [leafy] tree. 3 You shall tear down their altars and smash their [idolatrous] pillars and burn their [q]Asherim in the fire; you shall cut down the carved and sculpted images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place. 4 You shall not act like this toward the Lord your God. 5 But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His [r]Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him]. 6 There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive (pledged, vowed) offerings, your freewill (voluntary) offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. 7 And there you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 “You shall not do at all what we are doing here [in the camp] today, every man doing whatever is right in his [own] eyes. 9 For you have not yet come to the resting place and to the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you. 10 When you cross the Jordan and live in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security,

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:15 Lit strengthened His heart.
  2. Deuteronomy 10:17 Heb Elohim. The primary word translated “God” in the O.T.; the mighty God, the Creator; the great triune God manifested as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  3. Deuteronomy 10:17 Lit lift up faces.
  4. Deuteronomy 10:18 Lit is doing.
  5. Deuteronomy 10:18 Lit is loving.
  6. Deuteronomy 11:4 Lit Sea of Reeds.
  7. Deuteronomy 11:4 Lit to this day.
  8. Deuteronomy 11:6 Lit was at their feet.
  9. Deuteronomy 11:9 This phrase referred to the abundant fertility of the land of Canaan. Milk (typically that of goats and sheep) was associated with abundance; “honey” referred mainly to syrups made from dates or grapes and was the epitome of sweetness. Bees’ honey was very rare and was considered the choicest of foods.
  10. Deuteronomy 11:10 Egyptian crops were watered by irrigation, so this may refer to a simple irrigation device that was operated by the foot, or to the practice of opening and closing small water channels with the foot.
  11. Deuteronomy 11:14 So some ancient versions; MT reads I.
  12. Deuteronomy 11:15 So some ancient versions; MT reads I.
  13. Deuteronomy 11:18 See note 6:8.
  14. Deuteronomy 11:19 Lit sons, also v 21.
  15. Deuteronomy 11:20 See note 6:9.
  16. Deuteronomy 11:21 Lit the days of.
  17. Deuteronomy 12:3 Wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah.
  18. Deuteronomy 12:5 The “Name” of God is equivalent to His gracious presence in passages such as this one. The place where God puts His Name is the place where He chooses to dwell.
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Deuteronomy 10:12-12:10
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Fear the Lord

12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you(A) but to fear(B) the Lord your God, to walk(C) in obedience to him, to love him,(D) to serve the Lord(E) your God with all your heart(F) and with all your soul,(G) 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands(H) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?(I)

14 To the Lord your God belong the heavens,(J) even the highest heavens,(K) the earth and everything in it.(L) 15 Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved(M) them, and he chose you,(N) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.(O) 16 Circumcise(P) your hearts,(Q) therefore, and do not be stiff-necked(R) any longer. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods(S) and Lord of lords,(T) the great God, mighty and awesome,(U) who shows no partiality(V) and accepts no bribes.(W) 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,(X) and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.(Y) 19 And you are to love(Z) those who are foreigners,(AA) for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.(AB) 20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him.(AC) Hold fast(AD) to him and take your oaths in his name.(AE) 21 He is the one you praise;(AF) he is your God, who performed for you those great(AG) and awesome wonders(AH) you saw with your own eyes. 22 Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,(AI) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.(AJ)

Love and Obey the Lord

11 Love(AK) the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.(AL) 2 Remember today that your children(AM) were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God:(AN) his majesty,(AO) his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;(AP) 3 the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;(AQ) 4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots,(AR) how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea[a](AS) as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them. 5 It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place, 6 and what he did(AT) to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened(AU) its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them. 7 But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done.(AV)

8 Observe therefore all the commands(AW) I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,(AX) 9 and so that you may live long(AY) in the land the Lord swore(AZ) to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.(BA) 10 The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt,(BB) from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. 11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys(BC) that drinks rain from heaven.(BD) 12 It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes(BE) of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.

13 So if you faithfully obey(BF) the commands I am giving you today—to love(BG) the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul(BH)— 14 then I will send rain(BI) on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains,(BJ) so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. 15 I will provide grass(BK) in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.(BL)

16 Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.(BM) 17 Then the Lord’s anger(BN) will burn against you, and he will shut up(BO) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,(BP) and you will soon perish(BQ) from the good land the Lord is giving you. 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(BR) 19 Teach them to your children,(BS) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(BT) 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,(BU) 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many(BV) in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.(BW)

22 If you carefully observe(BX) all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love(BY) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast(BZ) to him— 23 then the Lord will drive out(CA) all these nations(CB) before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.(CC) 24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours:(CD) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River(CE) to the Mediterranean Sea. 25 No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror(CF) and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.(CG)

26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing(CH) and a curse(CI)— 27 the blessing(CJ) if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; 28 the curse if you disobey(CK) the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods,(CL) which you have not known. 29 When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim(CM) the blessings, and on Mount Ebal(CN) the curses.(CO) 30 As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh,(CP) in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.(CQ) 31 You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession(CR) of the land the Lord your God is giving(CS) you. When you have taken it over and are living there, 32 be sure that you obey all the decrees and laws I am setting before you today.

The One Place of Worship

12 These are the decrees(CT) and laws you must be careful to follow in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess—as long as you live in the land.(CU) 2 Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,(CV) on the hills and under every spreading tree,(CW) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. 3 Break down their altars, smash(CX) their sacred stones and burn(CY) their Asherah(CZ) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(DA) from those places.

4 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.(DB) 5 But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(DC) there for his dwelling.(DD) To that place you must go; 6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes(DE) and special gifts, what you have vowed(DF) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.(DG) 7 There, in the presence(DH) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(DI) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,(DJ) 9 since you have not yet reached the resting place(DK) and the inheritance(DL) the Lord your God is giving you. 10 But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving(DM) you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest(DN) from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:4 Or the Sea of Reeds
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