Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Here is a most pathetic exhortation to obedience, inferred from the premises, and urged with very powerful arguments and a great deal of persuasive rhetoric. Moses brings it in like an orator, with an appeal to his auditors And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee? Deut. 10:12. Ask what he requires; as David (Ps. 116:12), What shall I render? When we have received mercy from God it becomes us to enquire what returns we shall make to him. Consider what he requires, and you... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee ,.... For all these favours bestowed upon them, the forgiveness of their sins, and a fresh intimation of their possession of the land of Canaan, and the renewal of the promise of it made to their fathers: but to fear the Lord thy God ; to fear him with a filial fear, to fear him and his goodness, and him for his goodness sake, and particularly for his pardoning grace and mercy vouchsafed to them; see Psalm 130:4 , to walk... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:13

To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes ,.... Both the ten commands and all others: which I command thee this day for thy good ; promises of temporal good things, introduction into the land of Canaan, possession of it, and continuance in it, being made to obedience to them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, are the Lord's thy God ,.... Made and possessed by him; the airy and starry heaven, the third heaven, which is the heaven of heavens, the seat of the divine Majesty, the habitation of angels and glorified saints: the earth also , with all that therein is ; that is his property, and at his disposal, being made by him, and all that is upon it, or contained in it, even whatsoever is on or in the whole terraqueous globe; see Psalm 115:15 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:15

Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them ,.... Though the heavens and the earth, and all the inhabitants of them are the Lord's by creation, yet he had a special regard unto, and a peculiar complacency in, the fathers of the Israelites, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; from whence arose some particular expressions of love to them, signified by various acts of kindness done them, and promises made unto them: and he chose their seed after them, even you above all the people, as it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:16

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart ,.... Content not yourselves with, nor put your confidence in outward circumcision of the flesh, but be concerned for the circumcision of the heart; for removing from that whatever is disagreeable to the Lord, even all carnality, sensuality, hypocrisy, and superfluity of naughtiness, and for having that put there which is well pleasing in his sight; and which though it is the work of God, and he only can do it and has promised it, yet such an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods ,.... Of angels and civil magistrates, who are sometimes so called: these are his creatures, act for him and under him, and are accountable to him: the Lord of lords ; of the kings and princes of the earth, who have their crowns, sceptres, and kingdoms from him, and hold them of him, by and under whom they reign and decree judgment, and who are subject to his authority and control: a great God ; as the perfections of his nature, the works of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:18

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow ,.... Who have none to help them, and whose patron and defender he is, and will do them justice himself, and take care that it is done them by others, or avenge their injuries, for he is a Father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widow, in his holy habitation; Psalm 68:5 . and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment ; one that is in a foreign country, at a distance from his native land, and destitute of friends;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:19

Love ye therefore the stranger ,.... Because the Lord loves him; and another reason follows, particularly binding on the Israelites: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt ; and therefore should sympathize with such, and show them compassion, relieve them in distress, and afford them whatever they want, and is in the power of their hands to communicate to them; remembering their own condition in Egypt, and how welcome such a treatment would have been to them then, as well as the kind... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:20

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ,.... Which includes the whole worship of him, external and internal: him shalt thou serve ; heartily and sincerely, according to his revealed will, and him only: and to him shall thou cleave ; and not turn aside to follow other gods, and worship them: and swear by his name ; and his only, whenever it is necessary to take an oath, which should not be done rashly or on trivial accounts; and never by any creature, but by the living God; see ... read more

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