Apologetics Bible

Deuteronomy 10:1

Hebrew

בָּעֵת הַהִוא אָמַר יְהוָה אֵלַי פְּסָל־לְךָ שְׁנֵֽי־לֻוחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַעֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה וְעָשִׂיתָ לְּךָ אֲרוֹן עֵֽץ׃

va'et-hahiv'-'amar-yehvah-'elay-fesal-lekha-sheney-luvchot-'avaniym-khari'shoniym-va'aleh-'elay-haharah-ve'ashiyta-lekha-'arvon-'etz

KJV: 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.

AKJV: At that time the LORD said to me, Hew you two tables of stone like to the first, and come up to me into the mount, and make you an ark of wood.

ASV: At that time Jehovah 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.

YLT: `At that time hath Jehovah said unto me, Grave for thee two tables of stone, like the first, and come up unto Me, into the mount, and thou hast made for thee an ark of wood,

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:2

Hebrew

וְאֶכְתֹּב עַל־הַלֻּחֹת אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ עַל־הַלֻּחֹת הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר שִׁבַּרְתָּ וְשַׂמְתָּם בָּאָרֽוֹן׃

ve'ekhetov-'al-haluchot-'et-hadevariym-'asher-hayv-'al-haluchot-hari'shoniym-'asher-shivareta-veshametam-va'arvon

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which you brake, and you shall put them in the ark.

ASV: And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

YLT: and I write on the tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou hast broken, and thou hast placed them in the ark;

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:3

Hebrew

וָאַעַשׂ אֲרוֹן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים וָאֶפְסֹל שְׁנֵי־לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וָאַעַל הָהָרָה וּשְׁנֵי הַלֻּחֹת בְּיָדִֽי׃

va'a'ash-'arvon-'atzey-shitiym-va'efesol-sheney-luchot-'avaniym-khari'shoniym-va'a'al-haharah-vsheney-haluchot-veyadiy

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like to the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand.

ASV: So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand.

YLT: and I make an ark of shittim wood, and grave two tables of stone like the first, and go up to the mount, and the two tables in my hand.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:4

Hebrew

וַיִּכְתֹּב עַֽל־הַלֻּחֹת כַּמִּכְתָּב הָרִאשׁוֹן אֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בָּהָר מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה אֵלָֽי׃

vayikhetov-'al-haluchot-khamikhetav-hari'shvon-'et-'asheret-hadevariym-'asher-diver-yehvah-'aleykhem-vahar-mitvokhe-ha'esh-veyvom-haqahal-vayitenem-yehvah-'elay

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you in the mount out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me.

ASV: And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Jehovah spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Jehovah gave them unto me.

YLT: `And He writeth on the tables, according to the first writing, the Ten Matters, which Jehovah hath spoken unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly, and Jehovah giveth them unto me,

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:5

Hebrew

וָאֵפֶן וָֽאֵרֵד מִן־הָהָר וָֽאָשִׂם אֶת־הַלֻּחֹת בָּאָרוֹן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְהוָֽה׃

va'efen-va'ered-min-hahar-va'ashim-'et-haluchot-va'arvon-'asher-'ashiytiy-vayiheyv-sham-kha'asher-tzivaniy-yehvah

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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. ¶

ASV: And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.

YLT: and I turn and come down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made, and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:6

Hebrew

וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נָֽסְעוּ מִבְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָן מוֹסֵרָה שָׁם מֵת אַהֲרֹן וַיִּקָּבֵר שָׁם וַיְכַהֵן אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

vveney-yishera'el-nase'v-mive'erot-veney-ya'aqan-mvoserah-sham-met-'aharon-vayiqaver-sham-vayekhahen-'ele'azar-venvo-tachetayv

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: (And the children of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.

YLT: `And the sons of Israel have journeyed from Beeroth of the sons of Jaakan to Mosera, there Aaron died, and he is buried there, and Eleazar his son doth act as priest in his stead;

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:7

Hebrew

מִשָּׁם נָסְעוּ הַגֻּדְגֹּדָה וּמִן־הַגֻּדְגֹּדָה יָטְבָתָה אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מָֽיִם׃

misham-nase'v-hagudegodah-vmin-hagudegodah-yatevatah-'eretz-nachaley-mayim

KJV: From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

AKJV: From there they journeyed to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. ¶

ASV: From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

YLT: thence they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:8

Hebrew

בָּעֵת הַהִוא הִבְדִּיל יְהוָה אֶת־שֵׁבֶט הַלֵּוִי לָשֵׂאת אֶת־אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לְשָֽׁרְתוֹ וּלְבָרֵךְ בִּשְׁמוֹ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

va'et-hahiv'-hivediyl-yehvah-'et-shevet-haleviy-lashe't-'et-'arvon-veriyt-yehvah-la'amod-lifeney-yehvah-lesharetvo-vlevarekhe-vishemvo-'ad-hayvom-hazeh

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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 to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

ASV: At that time Jehovah set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

YLT: `At that time hath Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name, unto this day,

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:9

Hebrew

עַל־כֵּן לֹֽא־הָיָה לְלֵוִי חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִם־אֶחָיו יְהוָה הוּא נַחֲלָתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֽוֹ׃

'al-khen-lo'-hayah-leleviy-cheleq-venachalah-'im-'echayv-yehvah-hv'-nachalatvo-kha'asher-diver-yehvah-'eloheykha-lvo

KJV: Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

AKJV: Why Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God promised him.

ASV: Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)

YLT: therefore there hath not been to Levi a portion and inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah Himself is his inheritance, as Jehovah thy God hath spoken to him.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:10

Hebrew

וְאָנֹכִי עָמַדְתִּי בָהָר כַּיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה אֵלַי גַּם בַּפַּעַם הַהִוא לֹא־אָבָה יְהוָה הַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃

ve'anokhiy-'amadetiy-vahar-khayamiym-hari'shoniym-'areva'iym-yvom-ve'areva'iym-layelah-vayishema'-yehvah-'elay-gam-vafa'am-hahiv'-lo'-'avah-yehvah-hashechiytekha

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy you.

ASV: And I stayed in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also; Jehovah would not destroy thee.

YLT: `And I--I have stood in the mount, as the former days, forty days and forty nights, and Jehovah hearkeneth unto me also at that time; Jehovah hath not willed to destroy thee.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:11

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי קוּם לֵךְ לְמַסַּע לִפְנֵי הָעָם וְיָבֹאוּ וְיִֽרְשׁוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם לָתֵת לָהֶֽם׃

vayo'mer-yehvah-'elay-qvm-lekhe-lemasa'-lifeney-ha'am-veyavo'v-veyireshv-'et-ha'aretz-'asher-nisheva'etiy-la'avotam-latet-lahem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And the LORD said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them. ¶

ASV: And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

YLT: `And Jehovah saith unto me, Rise, go to journey before the people, and they go in and possess the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:12

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל מָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי אִם־לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בְּכָל־דְּרָכָיו וּלְאַהֲבָה אֹתוֹ וְלַֽעֲבֹד אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

ve'atah-yishera'el-mah-yehvah-'eloheykha-sho'el-me'imakhe-khiy-'im-leyire'ah-'et-yehvah-'eloheykha-lalekhet-vekhal-derakhayv-vle'ahavah-'otvo-vela'avod-'et-yehvah-'eloheykha-vekhal-levavekha-vvekhal-nafeshekha

KJV: 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,

AKJV: And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

ASV: And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

YLT: `And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:13

Hebrew

לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לְטוֹב לָֽךְ׃

lishemor-'et-mitzevt-yehvah-ve'et-chuqotayv-'asher-'anokhiy-metzavekha-hayvom-letvov-lakhe

KJV: To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

AKJV: To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?

ASV: to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

YLT: to keep the commands of Jehovah, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, for good to thee?

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:14

Hebrew

הֵן לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם הָאָרֶץ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃

hen-layhvah-'eloheykha-hashamayim-vshemey-hashamayim-ha'aretz-vekhal-'asher-vah

KJV: Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

AKJV: Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s your God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

ASV: Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

YLT: `Lo, to Jehovah thy God are the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that is in it;

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Hebrew

רַק בַּאֲבֹתֶיךָ חָשַׁק יְהוָה לְאַהֲבָה אוֹתָם וַיִּבְחַר בְּזַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּכֶם מִכָּל־הָעַמִּים כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃

raq-va'avoteykha-chashaq-yehvah-le'ahavah-'votam-vayivechar-vezare'am-'achareyhem-vakhem-mikhal-ha'amiym-khayvom-hazeh

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

ASV: Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

YLT: only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted--to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them--on you, out of all the peoples as at this day;

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:16

Hebrew

וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם וְעָרְפְּכֶם לֹא תַקְשׁוּ עֽוֹד׃

vmaletem-'et-'arelat-levavekhem-ve'arefekhem-lo'-taqeshv-'vod

KJV: Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

AKJV: Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked.

ASV: Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

YLT: and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:17

Hebrew

כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם הוּא אֱלֹהֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים וַאֲדֹנֵי הָאֲדֹנִים הָאֵל הַגָּדֹל הַגִּבֹּר וְהַנּוֹרָא אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשָּׂא פָנִים וְלֹא יִקַּח שֹֽׁחַד׃

khiy-yehvah-'eloheykhem-hv'-'elohey-ha'elohiym-va'adoney-ha'adoniym-ha'el-hagadol-hagivor-vehanvora'-'asher-lo'-yisha'-faniym-velo'-yiqach-shochad

KJV: 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:

AKJV: For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons, nor takes reward:

ASV: For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

YLT: for Jehovah your God--He is God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe;

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:18

Hebrew

עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפַּט יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה וְאֹהֵב גֵּר לָתֶת לוֹ לֶחֶם וְשִׂמְלָֽה׃

'osheh-mishefat-yatvom-ve'alemanah-ve'ohev-ger-latet-lvo-lechem-veshimelah

KJV: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

AKJV: He does execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

ASV: He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.

YLT: He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:19

Hebrew

וַאֲהַבְתֶּם אֶת־הַגֵּר כִּֽי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

va'ahavetem-'et-hager-khiy-geriym-heyiytem-ve'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

AKJV: Love you therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

ASV: Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

YLT: `And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Hebrew

אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּירָא אֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹד וּבוֹ תִדְבָּק וּבִשְׁמוֹ תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃

'et-yehvah-'eloheykha-tiyra'-'otvo-ta'avod-vvvo-tidevaq-vvishemvo-tishave'a

KJV: Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

AKJV: You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him shall you hold, and swear by his name.

ASV: Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.

YLT: `Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, Him thou dost serve, and to Him thou dost cleave, and by His name thou dost swear.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:21

Hebrew

הוּא תְהִלָּתְךָ וְהוּא אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה אִתְּךָ אֶת־הַגְּדֹלֹת וְאֶת־הַנּֽוֹרָאֹת הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

hv'-tehilatekha-vehv'-'eloheykha-'asher-'ashah-'itekha-'et-hagedolot-ve'et-hanvora'ot-ha'eleh-'asher-ra'v-'eyneykha

KJV: He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

AKJV: He is your praise, and he is your God, that has done for you these great and terrible things, which your eyes have seen.

ASV: He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

YLT: He is thy praise, and He is thy God, who hath done with thee these great and fearful things which thine eyes have seen:

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Hebrew

בְּשִׁבְעִים נֶפֶשׁ יָרְדוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ מִצְרָיְמָהּ וְעַתָּה שָֽׂמְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לָרֹֽב׃

veshive'iym-nefesh-yaredv-'avoteykha-mitzerayemah-ve'atah-shamekha-yehvah-'eloheykha-khekhvokhevey-hashamayim-larov

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Your fathers went down into Egypt with three score and ten persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.

ASV: Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

YLT: with seventy persons did thy fathers go down to Egypt, and now hath Jehovah thy God made thee as stars of the heavens for multitude.

Exposition: Deuteronomy 10:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.