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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Therefore, change your hearts and stop being stubborn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So circumcise your heart, and do not stiffen your neck any longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Circumcise then your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So circumcise [that is, remove sin from] your heart, and be stiff-necked (stubborn, obstinate) no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don&#8217t be stiff-necked any longer. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Remember your agreement with the LORD and stop being so stubborn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don't be impossible to deal with any longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So then, from now on be obedient to the LORD and stop being stubborn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, circumcise your heart and stop being stubborn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and you do not harden your neck anymore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And circumcise the uncircumcision of your heart, and ye shall no more harden your neck.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and no longer stiffen your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskins of your hearts, and be stiff-necked no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Circumcise the uncircumcision of your heart and do not harden your neck again.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore ye shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and ye shall not harden your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3168" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">A Call to Obedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4135.htm" title="4135: ū·mal·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To circumcise. A primitive root; to cut short, i.e. Curtail; by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy.">Circumcise</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6190.htm" title="6190: ‘ā·rə·laṯ (N-fsc) -- Foreskin. Feminine of arel; the prepuce."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">your hearts, therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7185.htm" title="7185: ṯaq·šū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To be hard, severe or fierce. A primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. Tough or severe.">and stiffen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6203.htm" title="6203: wə·‘ā·rə·pə·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Back of the neck, neck. From araph; the nape or back of the neck; hence, the back generally.">your necks</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">more.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a></span><br />Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a></span><br />No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11</a></span><br />In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26</a></span><br />I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Jeremiah 9:25-26</a></span><br />“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— / Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3</a></span><br />For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Leviticus 26:41</a></span><br />and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10-14</a></span><br />This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. / You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. / Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28-29</a></span><br />A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. / No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-6.htm">Galatians 5:6</a></span><br />For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Galatians 6:15</a></span><br />For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-19.htm">1 Corinthians 7:19</a></span><br />Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Ezekiel 11:19-20</a></span><br />And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, / so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-3.htm">2 Corinthians 3:3</a></span><br />It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked.</p><p class="hdg">Circumcise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a></b></br> And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Leviticus 26:41</a></b></br> And <i>that</i> I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4,14</a></b></br> Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench <i>it</i>, because of the evil of your doings… </p><p class="hdg">stiff-necked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-6.htm">Deuteronomy 9:6,13</a></b></br> Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou <i>art</i> a stiffnecked people… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Deuteronomy 31:27</a></b></br> For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6,7</a></b></br> But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Circumcise</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-3.htm">Circumcised</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-28.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-17.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-25.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-13.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Stiffen</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-13.htm">Stiffnecked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-13.htm">Stiff-Necked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-13.htm">Stubborn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Circumcise</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Circumcised</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-3.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-4.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-12.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">Stiffen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">Stiffnecked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Stiff-Necked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-18.htm">Stubborn</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">God's mercy in restoring the two tablets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">in continuing the priesthood</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">in separating the tribe of Levi</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">in hearkening unto Moses' plea for his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Circumcise your hearts</b><br>This phrase calls for an internal transformation rather than a mere external compliance. In the ancient Near Eastern context, circumcision was a physical sign of the covenant between God and His people, as first instituted with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10-14</a>). Here, the command to "circumcise your hearts" emphasizes the need for spiritual renewal and genuine devotion to God. This concept is echoed in <a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a>, where the prophet urges the people to remove the "foreskin of their hearts," indicating repentance and a return to God. The New Testament also reflects this idea in <a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a>, where Paul speaks of a circumcision of the heart by the Spirit, highlighting the inward change that characterizes true faith.<p><b>therefore</b><br>The use of "therefore" connects this command to the preceding verses, where Moses recounts God's mercy and the renewal of the covenant after the Israelites' rebellion with the golden calf (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7-10</a>:15). It serves as a conclusion to the reminder of God's grace and a call to respond appropriately to His faithfulness. This transition underscores the importance of obedience as a response to divine grace, a theme prevalent throughout Deuteronomy.<p><b>and stiffen your necks no more</b><br>The imagery of a "stiff neck" is a metaphor for stubbornness and rebellion, often used in the Old Testament to describe Israel's resistance to God's commands (<a href="/exodus/32-9.htm">Exodus 32:9</a>, <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">2 Chronicles 30:8</a>). In the cultural context, a stiff-necked animal would resist the guidance of its master, symbolizing the people's unwillingness to submit to God's authority. This call to cease being stiff-necked is an appeal for humility and submission to God's will. It foreshadows the New Testament teaching of yielding to the Holy Spirit, as seen in <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a>, where Stephen accuses the Sanhedrin of being "stiff-necked" and resisting the Holy Spirit. This phrase also points to the necessity of repentance and the willingness to be led by God, aligning with the broader biblical narrative of redemption and transformation through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's commandments and exhortations to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the law and guidance from Moses as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the Ten Commandments and where the covenant between God and Israel was reaffirmed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a></b><br>The event where Moses reiterates the law and calls the Israelites to renew their commitment to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_transformation_over_ritual.htm">Spiritual Transformation Over Ritual</a></b><br>The call to "circumcise your hearts" emphasizes the need for an internal change rather than mere external compliance. True faith is marked by a transformation of the heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_and_obedience.htm">Humility and Obedience</a></b><br>"Stiffen your necks no more" is a call to humility and submission to God's will. Stubbornness and pride are barriers to spiritual growth and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The verse underscores the importance of maintaining a covenant relationship with God, characterized by love, obedience, and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a></b><br>This passage invites believers to examine their hearts, repent of their sins, and renew their commitment to God, aligning their lives with His commandments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart-centered_faith.htm">Heart-Centered Faith</a></b><br>The focus on the heart highlights the essence of true faith, which is not about outward appearances but about a sincere and devoted relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'circumcision_of_the_heart'.htm">What does "circumcision of the heart" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_galatians_5_dismiss_circumcision.htm">Why does Galatians 5:2–3 appear to dismiss circumcision, conflicting with the Old Testament’s emphasis on the practice? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_heart_'circumcision'_literal.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6 mentions “circumcising” the heart—how is this concept to be understood without invoking metaphorical or non-literal interpretations? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_circumcision's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is the significance of circumcision in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Circumcise . . . your heart.</span>--"For circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter" (<a href="/romans/2-29.htm" title="But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.">Romans 2:29</a>). The verse literally runs thus: <span class= "ital">Circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and ye will harden your neck no more. </span>It is the same line of thought as St. Paul's (<a href="/galatians/5-16.htm" title="This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.">Galatians 5:16</a>) "Walk in the Spirit, and (then) ye will not fulfil the lust of the flesh."<p>(17,18) <span class= "bld">A great God, a mighty, and a terrible . . . he doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow.</span>--"Behold (says Rashi) His might! And close beside His might thou mayest find His humility." It is not otherwise in later passages of Scripture: <span class= "ital">"</span>He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. <span class= "ital">He telleth the number of the stars, </span>and calleth them all by their names."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - They were, therefore, to lay aside all insensibility of heart and all obduracy, to acknowledge God's supremacy, to imitate his beneficence, and to fear and worship him. <span class="cmt_word">Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart.</span> As circumcision was the symbol of purification and sign of consecration to God, so the Israelites are enjoined to realize in fact what that rite symbolized, viz. purity of heart and receptivity for the things of God. This is enforced by the consideration that Jehovah the alone God, the Almighty, is mighty and terrible without respect to persons, and at the same time is a righteous Judge, and the Protector of the helpless and destitute. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Circumcise</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַלְתֶּ֕ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mal·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4135.htm">Strong's 4135: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your hearts, therefore,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַבְכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stiffen</span><br /><span class="heb">תַקְשׁ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯaq·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7185.htm">Strong's 7185: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be hard, severe or fierce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your necks</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָ֨רְפְּכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·rə·pə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6203.htm">Strong's 6203: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nape, back of the neck, the back</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֽוֹד׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart (Deut. 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