Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
- KJV Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- BSB Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
- NKJV Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
- NLT “Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God.
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Quick answer
All heaven and earth belong to the Lord, the Creator and owner of everything. His universal ownership grounds His right to command and His grace in choosing Israel.
Overview
Moses lifts Israel's eyes to God's cosmic sovereignty over the highest heavens and the earth with all it contains. Because everything is His, God owed Israel nothing, making His covenant love pure grace. This sovereign Creator is the same God who, in Christ, reconciles all things to Himself.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Exod 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
- Ps 24:1A Psalm by David. The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
- Neh 9:6You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
- Ps 115:16The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
- 1 Kgs 8:27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
- Ps 148:4Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
- Jer 27:5–6‘I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Exod 9:29Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.
- Ps 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
- 2 Chr 6:18“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
- 1 Cor 10:26for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”
- 1 Cor 10:28But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”
- Gen 14:19He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Isa 66:1Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?
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Christ at the center
Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
How Deuteronomy 10:14 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
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