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Deuteronomy 10

Introduction

1  God's mercy in restoring the two tables;
6  in continuing the priesthood;
8  in separating the tribe of Levi;
10  in hearkening unto Moses' suit for his people.
12  An exhortation to obedience.
Verse 1

At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
Hew
4, Exodus 34:1,2,4
make thee
3, Exodus 25:10-15, Hebrews 9:4
Verse 2

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
thou shalt
5, Exodus 25:16-22, 40:20, 1 Kings 8:9, Hebrews 9:4
Verse 3

And I 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.
I made
Exodus 25:5,10, 37:1-9
hewed
1, Exodus 34:4
Verse 4

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, 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.
he wrote
9:10, Exodus 34:28
the ten
4:13
commandments
Heb. words. which.
5:4-21, Exodus 20:1-17
out of the
4:11-15, 5:22-26, Exodus 19:18, Hebrews 12:18,19
in the day
9:10, 18:16, Exodus 19:17
Verse 5

And I 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.
I turned
9:15, Exodus 32:15, 34:29
put the
2, Exodus 25:16, 40:20
there they
Joshua 4:9, 1 Kings 8:8,9
Verse 6

And the children of Israel took 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.
took
Numbers 10:6,12,13, 33:1,2
Mosera
Numbers 33:30-33
Moseroth, Hor-ha-gid-gad, Jotbathah
there Aaron.
Numbers 20:23-28, 33:38
Verse 8

At that time 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.
time the Lord
Exodus 29:1-37, Leviticus 8:9, Numbers 1:47-53, 3:1-4, 8:1-26, 16:9,10, 18:1-32, John 15:16, Acts 13:2, Romans 1:1, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Galatians 1:15
bear
Numbers 3:31, 4:15, 1 Kings 8:3,4,6, 1 Chronicles 15:12-15,26, 23:26, 2 Chronicles 5:4,5
to stand
18:5, 2 Chronicles 29:11, Psalms 134:2, 135:2, Jeremiah 15:19, Ezekiel 44:11,15, Romans 12:7
to bless
21:5, Leviticus 9:22, Numbers 6:23-26, 2 Chronicles 30:27
Verse 9

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
18:1,2, Numbers 18:20-24, 26:62, Joshua 14:3, Ezekiel 44:28
Verse 10

And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
I stayed
9:18,25, Exodus 24:18, 34:28
first time
or, former days. the Lord hearkened.
3:23-27, 9:19, Exodus 32:14,33,34, 33:17, Matthew 27:42
Verse 11

And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Arise
Exodus 32:34, 33:1
take thy
Heb. go in.
Verse 12

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,
what doth
Jeremiah 7:22,23, Micah 6:8, Matthew 11:29,30, 1 John 5:3
fear
6:13, Psalms 34:9, 128:1, Jeremiah 32:39,40, Acts 9:31, 1 Peter 1:17
to walk
5:33, Joshua 22:5, Psalms 81:13, Ezekiel 11:20, Titus 2:11,12, 1 Peter 1:15,16
love
6:5, 11:13, 30:16,20, Psalms 18:1, 145:20, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:29-33, Luke 10:27, 11:42, Romans 8:28, 1 John 2:15, 4:19,20, 5:2,5
to serve
Job 36:11, Zephaniah 3:9, Romans 1:9, Hebrews 12:28
God with all
4:29
Verse 13

To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
for thy
6:24, Proverbs 9:12, Jeremiah 32:39, James 1:25
Verse 14

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
the heaven
1 Kings 8:27, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 115:16, 148:4, Isaiah 66:1
the earth
Genesis 14:19, Exodus 9:29, 19:5, Psalms 24:1, 50:12, Jeremiah 27:5,6, 1 Corinthians 10:26,28
Verse 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.
4:37, 7:7,8, Numbers 14:8, Romans 9:13-23
Verse 16

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Circumcise
30:6, Leviticus 26:41, Jeremiah 4:4,14, Romans 2:28,29, Colossians 2:11
stiff-necked
9:6,13, 31:27, James 4:6,7
Verse 17

For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
God of gods
Joshua 22:22, 1 Chronicles 16:25,26, Psalms 136:2, Daniel 2:47, 11:36
Lord of lords
Psalms 136:3, Revelation 17:14, 19:16
a great
7:21, Nehemiah 1:5, 4:14, 9:32, Job 37:22,23, Psalms 99:3, Jeremiah 20:11
regardeth
2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 34:19, Mark 12:14, Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11, Galatians 2:6, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 3:25, 1 Peter 1:17
Verse 18

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
doth
Psalms 68:5, 103:6, 146:9, Isaiah 1:17, Jeremiah 49:11, Hosea 14:3
loveth
Psalms 145:9, Matthew 5:45, Acts 14:17
Verse 19

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 22:21, Leviticus 19:33,34, Luke 6:35, 10:28-37, 17:18, Galatians 6:10, James 2:15,16, 1 John 3:17,18
Verse 20

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
fear
6:13, 13:4, Matthew 4:10, Luke 4:8
cleave
4:4, 11:22, 13:4, Joshua 23:8, Acts 11:23, Romans 12:9
swear
6:13, Psalms 63:11, Isaiah 45:23
Verse 21

He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
thy praise
Exodus 15:2, Psalms 22:3, Isaiah 12:2-6, 60:19, Jeremiah 17:14, Luke 2:32, Revelation 21:23
that hath
4:32-35, 1 Samuel 12:24, 2 Samuel 7:23, Psalms 106:21,22, Isaiah 64:3, Jeremiah 32:20,21
Verse 22

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
with threescore
And now, from so small a beginning, they are multiplied to more than 600,000 men, besides women and children; and this, indeed, in the space of 40 years; for the 603,000 which came out of Egypt were at this time all dead, except Moses, Joshua, and Caleb. How easy can God increase and multiply, as well as diminish and bring low! In all things, by his omnipotence, he can do whatsoever he will; and he will do whatsoever is right.
Genesis 46:27, Exodus 1:5, Acts 7:14
as the stars
1:10, 28:62, Genesis 15:5, Numbers 26:51,62, Nehemiah 9:23, Hebrews 11:12

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