Deuteronomy 10:12-22 - What God Requires

¹² Now, O Israel, what does Jehovah your God require from you? You are to respect Jehovah your God. Walk in all his ways and love him! Serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your being. ¹³ Obey Jehovah's commandments and his statutes I am commanding you today for your good! ¹⁴ Behold, heaven and the highest heavens belong to Jehovah your God, even the earth and all that is in it. ¹⁵ Yet Jehovah set his affection on your fathers. He loved them. He chose you their descendants above all peoples, as it is this day. ¹⁶ Circumcise your heart, and do not stiffen your neck. (Circumcise: Cut short the foreskin.) (Remove hardness of the heart.) ¹⁷ Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords! He is the great, the powerful, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. ¹⁸ He executes justice for the orphan and the widow. He shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing. ¹⁹ Love those who are aliens. For you were also aliens in the land of Egypt. ²⁰ Respect Jehovah your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name. ²¹ He is your praise! He is your God! He performed for you those great and awesome things you saw with your own eyes. ²² Your fathers traveled to Egypt, seventy persons in all. Now Jehovah your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the universe (physical heavens).