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Deuteronomy 10:22 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 10 · verse 22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.Deuteronomy 10:22 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 10:22 in context
20Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- personsnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- starskôwkâba starH3556 →
- 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