Deuteronomy 10:12

“And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, etc.] For all these favours bestowed upon them, the forgiveness of their sins, and a fresh intimation of their possession of the land of Canaan, and the renewal of the promise of it made to their fathers: but to fear the Lord thy God; to fear him with a filial fear, to fear him and his goodness, and him for his goodness sake, and particularly for his pardoning grace and mercy vouchsafed to them; (see <19D004>Psalm 130:4), to walk in all his ways; prescribed and directed to by him, every path of duty, whether moral, ceremonial, or judicial: and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul; for…”

“After these emphatic warnings against self-righteousness the principal topic is resumed from Deuteronomy 6:0, and this division of the discourse is drawn to a conclusion in the next two chapters by a series of direct and positive exhortations to a careful fulfillment of the duties prescribed in the first two of the Ten “Words.” Deuteronomy 10:12 What doth the Lord thy God require ... - A noteworthy demand. God has in the Mosaic law positively commanded many things. However, these relate to external observances, which if need be can be enforced. But love and veneration cannot be enforced, even by God himself. They must be spontaneous. Hence, even under the law of ordinances where so much was…”

“What doth he require - By way of duty and gratitude for such amazing mercies. Deuteronomy 10:14”

“10:12-13 fear the Lord your God: The fear of God is not terror from dread of his wrath. Rather, God wanted his people to recognize their finiteness and unworthiness in his divine presence (see study notes on 7:21 and Prov 1:7).”

“what doth: Jer 7:22, Jer 7:23; Mic 6:8; Mat 11:29, Mat 11:30; Jo1 5:3 fear: Deu 6:13; Psa 34:9, Psa 128:1; Jer 32:39, Jer 32:40; Act 9:31; Pe1 1:17 to walk: Deu 5:33; Jos 22:5; Psa 81:13; Eze 11:20; Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12; Pe1 1:15, Pe1 1:16 love: Deu 6:5, Deu 11:13, Deu 30:16, Deu 30:20; Psa 18:1, Psa 145:20; Mat 22:37; Mar 12:29-33; Luk 10:27, Luk 11:42; Rom 8:28; Jo1 2:15, Jo1 4:19, Jo1 4:20, Jo1 5:2, Jo1 5:5 to serve: Job 36:11; Zep 3:9; Rom 1:9; Heb 12:28 God with all: Deu 4:29 Deuteronomy 10:13”

“The proof that Israel had no righteousness before God is followed on the positive side by an expansion of the main law laid down in Deu 6:4., to love God with all the heart, which is introduced by the words, "and now Israel," sc., now that thou hast everything without desert or worthiness, purely from forgiving grace. "What doth the Lord thy God require of thee?" Nothing further than that thou fearest Him, "to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Him with all the heart and all the soul." אם כּי, unless, or except that, presupposes a negative clause (cf. Gen 39:9), which is implied here in the previous question, or else to be supplied as the answer. The demand for fear, love,…”