Deuteronomy 10:12–22

The Essence of the Law

¹²“And now, Israel, ^qwhat does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to ^rlove Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today ^sfor your ⁶good? ¹⁴Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the ^tLord your God, also the earth with all that is in it. ¹⁵The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their ⁷descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day. ¹⁶Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your ^uheart, and be ^vstiff-necked ⁸no longer. ¹⁷For the Lord your God is ^wGod of gods and ^xLord of lords, the great God, ^ymighty and awesome, who ^zshows no partiality nor takes a bribe. ^18aHe administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. ¹⁹Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ^20bYou shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name. ²¹He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen. ²²Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.