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Deuteronomy 10:14

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 10:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
Deuteronomy 10:14 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
13to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
14Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
15Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
17For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, are the Lord’s thy God, etc.] Made and possessed by him; the airy and starry heaven, the third heaven, which is the heaven of heavens, the seat of the divine Majesty, the habitation of angels and glorified saints: the earth [also], with all that therein is; that is his property, and at his disposal, being made by him, and all that is upon it, or contained in it, even whatsoever is on or in the whole terraqueous globe; (see <19B515>Psalm 115:15,16).”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“The heaven - The airy and starry heaven. The heaven of heavens - The highest or third heaven, called the heaven of heavens for its eminency. All that therein is - With all creatures and all men, which being all his, he might have chosen what nation he pleased to be his people. Deuteronomy 10:15”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the heaven: Kg1 8:27; Ch2 6:18; Neh 9:6; Psa 115:16, Psa 148:4; Isa 66:1 the earth: Gen 14:19; Exo 9:29, Exo 19:5; Psa 24:1, Psa 50:12; Jer 27:5, Jer 27:6; Co1 10:26, Co1 10:28 Deuteronomy 10:15”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“This obligation the Lord had laid upon Israel by the love with which He, to whom all the heavens and the earth, with everything upon it, belong, had chosen the patriarchs and their seed out of all nations. By "the heavens of the heavens," the idea of heaven is perfectly exhausted. This God, who might have chosen any other nation as well as Israel, or in fact all nations together, had directed His special love to Israel alone. Deuteronomy 10:16”
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