Deuteronomy 10:12

“And now, Israel, what is YHWH your Elohim asking of you but to fear YHWH your Elohim, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul,”

Deuteronomy 10:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Moses sums up what God asks: fear him, walk in his ways and love himObedience

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Deuteronomy 10:12, word by word

Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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is YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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askingשֹׁאֵלshoel

ask for

To ask for something, or borrow.

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to fearיִרְאָהyira

revere

To revere God, or honor one's parents.

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to walkלֶכֶתlechet

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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his waysדְּרָכָיderachay

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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to loveאַהֲבָהahava

love God

The love between God and his people.

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and to serveעֲבֹדavod

worship

To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.

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your heartלְבָבְlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

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your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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The context

11YHWH said to me, “Get up, go on the journey before the people, so that they may go in and take possession of the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

12 · This verse (above)

13to keep the commandments of YHWH and his statutes that I am commanding you today, for your good?

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