Deuteronomy 10:12–22

Circumcise Your Heart

¹²“And now, Israel, ^hwhat does the Lord your God require of you, but ⁱto fear the Lord your God, ^jto walk in all his ways, ^kto love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³and ^lto keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today ^mfor your good? ¹⁴Behold, ⁿto the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, ^othe earth with all that is in it. ¹⁵Yet ^pthe Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. ¹⁶Circumcise therefore ^qthe foreskin of your heart, and be no longer ^rstubborn. ¹⁷For the Lord your God is ^sGod of gods and ^tLord of lords, ^uthe great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is ^vnot partial and takes no bribe. ^18wHe executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. ^19xLove the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ²⁰ⁱYou shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and ^yhold fast to him, and ^zby his name you shall swear. ^21aHe is your praise. He is your God, ^bwho has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. ²²Your fathers went down to Egypt ^cseventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you ^das numerous as the stars of heaven.