Deuteronomy 10:15

But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

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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.

In Context

14The Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.

16Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:8And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 7:7The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:

Amos 3:2You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 10:13-22

Exhortation to Obedience. ( b. c. 1451.) 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, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord , and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord 's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. 15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to… Read the whole commentary →

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