Deuteronomy 10:12-13

Context

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 10:13 and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving⁵ you today for your own good?

[10:12] ¹tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

[10:12] ²tn Heb “to walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “follow his ways exactly”; NLT “to live according to his will.”

[10:12] ³tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

[10:12] ⁴tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

[10:13] ⁵tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation.