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Deuteronomy 10:12-13 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 10 · verses 12–13
12And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?Deuteronomy 10:12-13 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 in context
10And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
11And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
12And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
13To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
15Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
Commentary
Cross references
- Micah 6:8
- Deuteronomy 6:5
- Luke 10:27
- Deuteronomy 5:33
- Deuteronomy 11:13
- Mark 12:29-33
- Matthew 22:37
- Jeremiah 32:39-40
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentsmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- statuteschuqqâh{an enactmentH2708 →
- requireshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- commandtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is a most pathetic exhortation to obedience, inferred from the premises, and urged with very powerful arguments and a great deal of persuasive rhetoric. Moses brings it in like an orator, with an appeal to his auditors And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee? Deu 10:12. Ask what he requires;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-22