Deuteronomy 10:22

Deuteronomy 10:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.

Context of Deuteronomy 10:22

20Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name. 21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen. When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Deuteronomy 10:22 word by word

בְּשִׁבְעִ֣ים נֶ֔פֶשׁ יָרְד֥וּ אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ מִצְרָ֑יְמָהּ וְעַתָּ֗ה שָֽׂמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לָרֹֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• into Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• with threescore and tenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• personsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• and now the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• hath madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• thee as the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• for multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 10:22

• Genesis 46:27Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.
• Exodus 1:5All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,
• Acts 7:14So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.
• Deuteronomy 1:10The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.
• Deuteronomy 28:62There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the Lord your God.
• Genesis 15:5The Lord took him outside and said, “Gaze into the sky and count the stars – if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
• Numbers 26:51These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.
• Nehemiah 9:23You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.
• Hebrews 11:12So in fact children were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22With threescore and ten persons - And now, from so small a beginning, they were multiplied to more than 600,000 souls; and this indeed in the space of forty years, for the 603,000 which came out of Egypt were at this time all dead but Moses, Joshua, and Caleb. How easily can God increase and multiply, and how easily diminish and bring low! In all things, because of his unlimited power, he can do whatsoever he will; and he will do whatsoever is right. On a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We must give honour to God; and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2210-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 10:22

• Israel

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• God
• Egypt, Egyptian
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Exodus
• Jacob
• Praise
• Terrible
• Aaron
• Genesis

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings