¹²Israel, what does the Lord your God want you to do? He wants you to fear him, follow all his directions, love him, and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul. ¹³The Lord wants you to obey his commands and laws that I’m giving you today for your own good. ¹⁴Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God. ¹⁵The Lord set his heart on your ancestors and loved them. Because of this, today he chooses you, their descendants, out of all the people of the world.

¹⁶So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don’t be impossible to deal with any longer. ¹⁷The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, powerful, and awe-inspiring God. He never plays favorites and never takes a bribe. ¹⁸He makes sure orphans and widows receive justice. He loves foreigners and gives them food and clothes. ¹⁹So you should love foreigners, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. ²⁰Fear the Lord your God, worship him, be loyal to him, and take your oaths in his name. ²¹He is your glory. He is your God, who did for you these spectacular and awe-inspiring deeds you saw with your own eyes. ²²When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were 70 of them. Now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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