Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet only in thy fathers had the Lord delight, to love them; he chose, therefore, their seed after them, namely you, from all the nations, as it is this day.

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In The King James Version

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

14Behold, to the Lord thy God belong the heavens and the heavens of heavens, and the earth with all that is thereon;

16Remove therefore the obduracy of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:8If the Lord have delight in us, then will he bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which is flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 7:7Not because ye are more in number than all the nations, did the Lord desire you and make choice of you; for ye are the fewest of all the nations;

Amos 3:2Only you have I loved out of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.

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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