Deuteronomy 10:22 "Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons: and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude."
Moses continues his discourse. Here is the end of the story about the second set of tablets which he put in the ark of covenant. A recap of their journeys is included. Next, he tells of the Lord and expresses his position as the Lord of lords.
v12 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, To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes which I command thee this day for thy good?"v13
V14 Tells us that the heavens and the earth belong to the Lord, yet he choose Israel to be special and to be his people out of all that he possessed. It should have been a great honor for Israel and I believe they felt that way at this time.
The stranger is not forgotten v19 because Israel was once a stranger in Egypt. So they are instructed to take note of the stranger and take care of them.
Moses seems to be saying, look what a great God we serve, look what he has done for us, now all we got to do is love him, obey him and serve him. And that for our own good.
Psalms 69:1 "Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul."
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