📖 Deuteronomy — Chapter 10 (KJV)
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Deuteronomy 10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, RHew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
Deuteronomy 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and Rthou shalt put them in the ark.
Deuteronomy 10:3 And RI made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
Deuteronomy 10:4 And Rhe wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten Tcommandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
Deuteronomy 10:5 And RI turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Deuteronomy 10:6 And the children of Israel Rtook their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
Deuteronomy 10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that Rtime the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Deuteronomy 10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
Deuteronomy 10:10 And RI stayed in the mount, according to the Tfirst time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
Deuteronomy 10:11 And the LORD said unto me, RArise, Ttake thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, Rwhat 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,
Deuteronomy 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day Rfor thy good?
Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, Rthe earth also, with all that therein is.
Deuteronomy 10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 10:16 RCircumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is RGod of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Deuteronomy 10:18 He Rdoth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:20 Thou shalt Rfear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 10:21 He is Rthy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee Ras the stars of heaven for multitude.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 10:1–11 — Renewed tablets and the Levites' service
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Moses recounts the preparation of new tablets and the placing of them in an ark. The Levites' service is distinguished from the territorial inheritance of other tribes, and Israel is directed to continue toward the promised land.
Key Truth: Renewed covenant instruction leads to continued obedient service.
Check What You Remember
1. How many new stone tables was Moses told to make? (Deuteronomy 10:1)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:1 (KJV).
2. What kind of wood was the ark made from? (Deuteronomy 10:3)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:3 (KJV).
3. Which tribe was separated to bear the ark and minister? (Deuteronomy 10:8)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:8 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 10:12–16 — What the LORD requires
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The LORD's requirements are summarized in fearing him, walking in his ways, loving him, and serving wholeheartedly. Moses calls for inward responsiveness and the abandonment of stubbornness.
Key Truth: Faithfulness concerns the heart as well as outward obedience.
Check What You Remember
1. With what should Israel serve the LORD? (Deuteronomy 10:12)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:12 (KJV).
2. For whose good are the commandments to be kept? (Deuteronomy 10:13)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:13 (KJV).
3. What part of themselves are the people figuratively told to circumcise? (Deuteronomy 10:16)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:16 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 10:17–22 — God's greatness and care for the stranger
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
God's greatness is joined to impartial justice and provision for vulnerable people. Israel must love the stranger, remembering their own experience as strangers in Egypt, and hold fast to the LORD.
Key Truth: Reverence for God includes care for those without social protection.
Check What You Remember
1. Which two vulnerable groups receive God's judgment along with his love for the stranger? (Deuteronomy 10:18)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:18 (KJV).
2. What two provisions does God give the stranger? (Deuteronomy 10:18)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:18 (KJV).
3. How many persons had Israel's fathers taken down into Egypt? (Deuteronomy 10:22)
Find it in Deuteronomy 10:22 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What continuity does the making of new tables establish?
2. How does Levi’s service relate to its inheritance?
3. What does the heart-circumcision command address?
4. How does God’s care for strangers become a command to Israel?
5. What contrast shows the LORD’s work in Israel’s growth?
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