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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!

Context of Deuteronomy 10:22

20Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name. 21He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. 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.

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 46:27With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.
• Exodus 1:5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
• Acts 7:14After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.
• Deuteronomy 1:10The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
• Deuteronomy 28:62You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
• Genesis 15:5He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
• Numbers 26:51The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.
• Nehemiah 9:23You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess.
• Hebrews 11:12And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the 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