Deuteronomy 10:12

An Exhortation to Love Both God and People

10:12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him,¹ to obey all his commandments,² to love him, to serve him³ with all your mind and being,⁴

Deuteronomy 8:6

8:6 So you must keep his⁵ commandments, live according to his standards,⁶ and revere him.

Deuteronomy 24:9

24:9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam⁷ along the way after you left Egypt.

Deuteronomy 33:11

33:11 Bless, O Lord, his goods,

and be pleased with his efforts;

undercut the legs⁸ of any who attack him,

and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

Deuteronomy 34:10

34:10 No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face.⁹

Deuteronomy 4:3

4:3 You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor,¹⁰ how he¹¹ eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.¹²

Deuteronomy 14:23

14:23 In the presence of the Lord your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine,¹³ your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.

Deuteronomy 12:9

12:9 for you have not yet come to the final stop¹⁴ and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 13:4

13:4 You must follow the Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

Deuteronomy 22:5

22:5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing,¹⁵ nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive¹⁶ to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:10

27:10 You must obey him¹⁷ and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

Deuteronomy 3:24

3:24 “O, Lord God,¹⁸ you have begun to show me¹⁹ your greatness and strength.²⁰ (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

Deuteronomy 15:10

15:10 You must by all means lend²¹ to him and not be upset by doing it,²² for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

Deuteronomy 17:12

17:12 The person who pays no attention²³ to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 19:9

19:9 and then you are careful to observe all these commandments²⁴ I am giving²⁵ you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities²⁶ to these three.

¹tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

²tn Heb “to walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “follow his ways exactly”; NLT “to live according to his will.”

³tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

⁴tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

⁵tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁶tn Heb “by walking in his ways.” The “ways” of the Lord refer here to his moral standards as reflected in his commandments. The verb “walk” is used frequently in the Bible (both OT and NT) for one’s moral and ethical behavior.

⁹sn What the Lord your God did to Miriam. The reference is to Miriam’s having contracted leprosy because of her intemperate challenge to Moses’ leadership (Num 12:1-15). The purpose for the allusion here appears to be the assertion of the theocratic leadership of the priests who, like Moses, should not be despised.

¹³tn Heb “smash the sinews [or “loins,” so many English versions].” This part of the body was considered to be center of one’s strength (cf. Job 40:16; Ps 69:24; Prov 31:17; Nah 2:2, 11). See J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy (JPSTC), 325.

¹⁷sn See Num 12:8; Deut 18:15-18.

²¹tc The LXX and Syriac read “to Baal Peor,” that is, the god worshiped at that place; see note on the name “Beth Peor” in Deut 3:29.

²²tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

²³tn Or “followed the Baal of Peor” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV), referring to the pagan god Baal.

²⁵tn This refers to wine in the early stages of fermentation. In its later stages it becomes wine (יַיִן, yayin) in its mature sense.

²⁹tn Heb “rest.”

³³tn Heb “a man’s clothing.”

³⁴tn The Hebrew term תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “offense”) speaks of anything that runs counter to ritual or moral order, especially (in the OT) to divine standards. Cross-dressing in this covenant context may suggest homosexuality, fertility cult ritual, or some other forbidden practice.

³⁷tn Heb “listen to the voice of the Lord your God.” Here “listen” (NAB “hearken”) means “obey” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁴¹tn Heb “Lord Lord.” The phrase אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih) is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God.” Cf. NIV, TEV, NLT “Sovereign Lord.”

⁴²tn Heb “your servant.” The pronoun is used in the translation to clarify that Moses is speaking of himself, since in contemporary English one does not usually refer to oneself in third person.

⁴³tn Heb “your strong hand” (so NIV), a symbol of God’s activity.

⁴⁵tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”

⁴⁶tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.

⁴⁹tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).

⁵³tn Heb “all this commandment.” This refers here to the entire covenant agreement of the Book of Deuteronomy as encapsulated in the Shema (Deut 6:4-5).

⁵⁴tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today.”

⁵⁵sn You will add three more cities. Since these are alluded to nowhere else and thus were probably never added, this must be a provision for other cities of refuge should they be needed (cf. v. 8). See P. C. Craigie, Deuteronomy (NICOT), 267.