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14 Indeed the heavens and the highest heavens[a] belong to the Lord, your God, as well as the earth and all that is in it, 15 yet the Lord’s sole delight was in your fathers. He loved them so much that he chose you, their descendants, above every other nation, which is still true today.

16 Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your hearts, and stop being stiff-necked,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:14 The highest heavens: literally, “the heavens of the heavens.”
  2. Deuteronomy 10:16 See Jer 4:4. The rite of circumcision of the flesh is worthless without a conversion of heart. This thought will recur often, as will that of the stiff neck; see the exclamation of Stephen in Acts 7:51: “You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts!”

14 To the Lord your God belong the heavens,(A) even the highest heavens,(B) the earth and everything in it.(C) 15 Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved(D) them, and he chose you,(E) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.(F) 16 Circumcise(G) your hearts,(H) therefore, and do not be stiff-necked(I) any longer.

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