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He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/10.htm">King James Bible</a> And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/10.htm">New King James Version</a> “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “So now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God ask from you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the LORD your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being], <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear the LORD your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul? <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, and to worship the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul? <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> People of Israel, what does the LORD your God want from you? The LORD wants you to respect and follow him, to love and serve him with all your heart and soul, <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Israel, 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. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Now, people of Israel, listen to what the LORD your God demands of you: Worship the LORD and do all that he commands. Love him, serve him with all your heart, <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Now Israel, what does the LORD your God desire from you? Only this: fear him, walk in all his ways, love him, serve him with all your heart and in all your life, <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/net/deuteronomy/10.htm">NET Bible</a> Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being, <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, <a href="/web/deuteronomy/10.htm">World English Bible</a> Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And now, O Israel, what is your God YHWH asking from you, except to fear your God YHWH, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve your God YHWH with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And now, Israel, what does Jehovah thy God ask from thee but to fear Jehovah thy God, to go in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul: <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only that you fear the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul, <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/10.htm">New American Bible</a> Now, therefore, Israel, what does the LORD, your God, ask of you but to fear the LORD, your God, to follow in all his ways, to love and serve the LORD, your God, with your whole heart and with your whole being, <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? Only to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to revere the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Therefore Israel, what does LORD JEHOVAH your God ask you, but that you be in awe of LORD JEHOVAH your God and you shall stand in awe of his ways and you shall love him and you shall worship LORD JEHOVAH your God from all your heart and from all your soul?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul; <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And now, Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul; <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3124" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">A Call to Obedience</a> 12<a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">And now,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">O Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">does the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7592.htm" title="7592: šō·’êl (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To ask, inquire. Or shael; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand.">ask</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: mê·‘im·māḵ (Prep-m:: 2ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">of you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: lə·yir·’āh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">to fear</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">by walking</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: də·rā·ḵāw (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">His ways,</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ū·lə·’a·hă·ḇāh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">to love Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: wə·la·‘ă·ḇōḏ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">to serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">your heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·ḇə·ḵāl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·še·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">your soul,</a> 13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a> Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:13</a> When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Mark 12:30-31</a> Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ / The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” <a href="/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5</a> But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/1_samuel/12-24.htm">1 Samuel 12:24</a> Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you. <a href="/luke/10-27.htm">Luke 10:27</a> He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” <a href="/psalms/111-10.htm">Psalm 111:10</a> The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever! <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a> If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. <a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a> The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. <a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">1 John 5:3</a> For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, <a href="/psalms/128-1.htm">Psalm 128:1</a> A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! <a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Romans 13:8-10</a> Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. <a href="/psalms/86-11.htm">Psalm 86:11</a> Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. <a href="/1_john/4-19.htm">1 John 4:19-21</a> We love because He first loved us. / If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. / And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,what doth<a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22,23</a> For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: … <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?<a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29,30</a> Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls… fear<a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm">Deuteronomy 6:13</a> Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.<a href="/psalms/34-9.htm">Psalm 34:9</a> O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.<a href="/psalms/128-1.htm">Psalm 128:1</a> A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.to walk<a href="/deuteronomy/5-33.htm">Deuteronomy 5:33</a> Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.<a href="/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5</a> But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.<a href="/psalms/81-13.htm">Psalm 81:13</a> Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!love<a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a> And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.<a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13</a> And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,<a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Deuteronomy 30:16,20</a> In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it… to serve<a href="/job/36-11.htm">Job 36:11</a> If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.<a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm">Zephaniah 3:9</a> For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.<a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Romans 1:9</a> For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/1-36.htm">Except</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-27.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Love</a> <a href="/numbers/30-13.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Require</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-6.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-6.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Except</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Love</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-14.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-2.htm">Require</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-19.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-19.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 10</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">God's mercy in restoring the two tablets</a> 6. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">in continuing the priesthood</a> 8. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">in separating the tribe of Levi</a> 10. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">in hearkening unto Moses' plea for his people</a> 12. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/10.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>And now, O Israel This phrase serves as a direct address to the nation of Israel, emphasizing the immediacy and relevance of the message. The Hebrew word for "Israel" (יִשְׂרָאֵל, Yisra'el) means "God contends" or "one who struggles with God," reflecting the nation's identity and covenant relationship with God. Historically, Israel is at a pivotal moment, having been delivered from Egypt and now preparing to enter the Promised Land. This call to attention underscores the importance of the covenant and the responsibilities that come with it.what does the LORD your God ask of you The phrase highlights a rhetorical question that invites introspection. The Hebrew word for "ask" (שָׁאַל, sha'al) implies a request or requirement, not a burdensome demand. It suggests a relationship where God, as a loving Father, seeks a willing response from His people. The use of "LORD your God" (יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, Yahweh Eloheikha) emphasizes the personal and covenantal nature of God’s relationship with Israel, reminding them of His sovereignty and faithfulness.but to fear the LORD your God "Fear" (יָרֵא, yare') in this context is not about terror but reverence and awe. It involves recognizing God's holiness, power, and authority. This reverence is foundational to wisdom and obedience, as seen throughout Scripture (e.g., <a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>). The fear of the LORD is a central theme in Deuteronomy, serving as the basis for a life of faithfulness and devotion.to walk in all His ways "Walk" (הָלַךְ, halak) is a metaphor for living or conducting one's life. It implies a continuous, active engagement in following God's commandments. "All His ways" suggests completeness and totality, indicating that obedience to God is not selective but encompasses every aspect of life. This call to walk in God's ways is a call to holiness and reflects the covenantal stipulation of being set apart as God's people.to love Him "Love" (אָהַב, ahav) in Hebrew conveys deep affection and commitment. It is not merely an emotional response but an active choice to prioritize God above all else. This love is reciprocal, as God has already demonstrated His love for Israel through deliverance and provision. Loving God is the greatest commandment, as reiterated by Jesus in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37</a>).to serve the LORD your God "Serve" (עָבַד, avad) implies worship and labor. It encompasses both religious devotion and practical obedience. Serving God is an expression of loyalty and gratitude, acknowledging His lordship and grace. This service is not burdensome but a joyful response to God's goodness and mercy.with all your heart and with all your soul "Heart" (לֵבָב, levav) and "soul" (נֶפֶשׁ, nephesh) together represent the entirety of a person's being—mind, will, emotions, and life force. The call to love and serve God with all one's heart and soul emphasizes total devotion and sincerity. It is a holistic commitment that leaves no room for divided loyalties. This comprehensive devotion is the essence of the Shema (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>), which is central to Jewish faith and practice.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee.--"Although ye have done all this, still His tender mercies and His affection are set upon you, and after all that ye have sinned before Him, He doth not ask anything of you but to fear," &c. (Rashi). The Rabbis have drawn this exposition from hence: "Everything is in the hand of Heaven (to bestow), save only the fear of Heaven." But it is written elsewhere, "I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me." (Comp. also <a href="/micah/6-8.htm" title="He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?">Micah 6:8</a>; <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm" title="Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.">Matthew 23:23</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 12, 13. - God had showed great favor to Israel; what return did he require? Only what, without any prescription, they were bound to render - fear, love, and obedience (comp. <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>). To fear the Lord thy God (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-2.htm">Deuteronomy 6:2, 13</a>). To walk in all his ways; to receive his truth, accept his law, and follow the course of conduct which he prescribes (cf. <a href="/genesis/18-19.htm">Genesis 18:19</a>; <a href="/psalms/25-4.htm">Psalm 25:4, 5</a>; <a href="/psalms/67-2.htm">Psalm 67:2</a>; <a href="/acts/18-25.htm">Acts 18:25, 26</a>). To love him (cf. <a href="/exodus/20-6.htm">Exodus 20:6</a>). "Fear with love! Love without fear relaxes; fear without love enslaves, and leads to despair" (J. Gerhard). There is a fear with which love cannot coexist - a fear which hath torment, and which love casts out as its antagonist (<a href="/1_john/4-18.htm">1 John 4:18</a>); but the fear of God which he requires is that pious reverence which not only can coexist with love to him, but is not where love is not. And to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Love prompts to service. Wherever love fills the heart, it seeks expression in acts of service to its object; and where no such expression comes forth, the evidence is wanting of the existence of the emotion in the bosom (cf. <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15, 23</a>; <a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a>; <a href="/1_john/3-18.htm">1 John 3:18</a>). For thy good (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-29.htm">Deuteronomy 5:29</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Deuteronomy 6:24</a>). "In serving the Lord the glory redoundeth unto him, the benefit to ourselves; for them that honor him he will honor (<a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a>), and 'godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come' (<a href="/1_timothy/4-8.htm">1 Timothy 4:8</a>)" (Ainsworth). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“And now, וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time O Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc what מָ֚ה (māh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what does the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative ask שֹׁאֵ֖ל (šō·’êl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7592.htm">Strong's 7592: </a> To inquire, to request, to demand of you מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ (mê·‘im·māḵ) Preposition-m | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with but כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction to fear לְ֠יִרְאָה (lə·yir·’āh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten the LORD יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH your God אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative by walking לָלֶ֤כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every His ways, דְּרָכָיו֙ (də·rā·ḵāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action to love Him, וּלְאַהֲבָ֣ה (ū·lə·’a·hă·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f to serve וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ (wə·la·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative with all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every your heart לְבָבְךָ֖ (lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> Inner man, mind, will, heart and with all וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every your soul, נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ (nap̄·še·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 10:12 Now Israel what does Yahweh your God (Deut. 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