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10 As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The Lord listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you. 11 Then he[a] said to me, “Get up, set out leading[b] the people so they may go and possess[c] the land I promised to give to their ancestors.”[d]

An Exhortation to Love Both God and People

12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him,[e] to obey all his commandments,[f] to love him, to serve him[g] with all your mind and being,[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 10:4.
  2. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn Heb “before” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, NRSV “at the head of.”
  3. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn After the imperative these subordinated jussive forms (with prefixed vav) indicate purpose or result.
  4. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 15, 22).
  5. Deuteronomy 10:12 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.
  6. Deuteronomy 10:12 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “follow his ways exactly”; NLT “to live according to his will.”
  7. Deuteronomy 10:12 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.
  8. Deuteronomy 10:12 tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.