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 him 3  with all your mind and being, 4 

Deuteronomy 10:15

10:15 However, only to your ancestors did he 5  show his loving favor, 6  and he chose you, their descendants, 7  from all peoples – as is apparent today.

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

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

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

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

5 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

6 tn Heb “take delight to love.” Here again the verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”), juxtaposed with בָחַר (bakhar, “choose”), is a term in covenant contexts that describes the Lord’s initiative in calling the patriarchal ancestors to be the founders of a people special to him (cf. the note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37).

7 tn The Hebrew text includes “after them,” but it is redundant in English style and has not been included in the translation.