Deuteronomy 10 in the early church
62 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 10, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 9 · 10 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22
Deuteronomy 10:9
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:9 | Against Heresies 4.8.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 10:9 | Homilies on Joshua 9.5 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 10:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 7.1 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 10:9 | Homilies on Numbers 21.1 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 10:9 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.50 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Deut 10:9 | Exposition of Psalm 118 8.4.4 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
Deuteronomy 10:10
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:10 | Fragments on Luke, column 339 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Deut 10:10 | Commentary on Matthew 12.32 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:12 | Against Heresies 4.16.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 10:12 | Miscellanies 4.26.170 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 10:12–13 | Fragment 91 on John 12:83 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 226-254 |
| Deut 10:12 | Homily on Luke 39 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–250 |
| Deut 10:12 | Homilies on Numbers 12.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 10:12 | Homilies on Numbers 24.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 10:12–13 | Against Celsus 6.57 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Deut 10:12 | Homilies 17.12 · Anonymous | echo, medium confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 10:12–13 | Tractates on the Psalms 2.15 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 10:12–13 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.4.3 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 10:12–13 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.4.8 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 10:12 | Tractates on the Psalms 127.2 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 10:12–13 | Tractates 1.8.2 · Zeno of Verona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| Deut 10:12 | Exposition of Psalm 118 4.10.2 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Deut 10:12 | On Fleeing the World 33 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| Deut 10:12 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.4 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Deuteronomy 10:13
and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:13 | Tractates on the Psalms 127.2 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 10:13 | Exposition of Psalm 118 4.10.2 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:14 | Homilies 16.7 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 10:14 | Recognitions 2.43 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:15 | Recognitions 2.43 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:16 | Epistle of Barnabas 9.5 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) |
| Deut 10:16 | Dialogue with Trypho 15.7 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 10:16 | Dialogue with Trypho 16.1 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 10:16 | Against Heresies 4.16.1 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 10:16 | Miscellanies 6.3.30 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 10:16 | Against Marcion 5.4 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 10:16 | Against Marcion 5.13 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 10:16 | Demonstration 11.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 10:16 | Demonstration 11.6 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 10:16 | Prologue to the Commentary on Galatians · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 10:16 | Commentary on Romans 2:28–29 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 10:16 | Exposition of Psalm 118 12.2.1 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:17 | Dialogue with Trypho 16.1 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 10:17 | Dialogue with Trypho 55.1 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 10:17 | Miscellanies 6.3.30 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 10:17 | Homilies 16.6 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 10:17 | Homilies 16.7 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 10:17 | Homilies 18.4 · Anonymous | echo, low confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 10:17 | Recognitions 2.41 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Deut 10:17 | Recognitions 2.44 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Deut 10:17 | Commentary on Galatians 4.8 · Marius Victorinus | allusion, low confidence | ca. 360–363 |
| Deut 10:17 | Exposition of Psalm 118 2.14.3 · Ambrose | allusion, low confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Deut 10:17 | On the Christian Life 8 · Fastidius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 411-430 |
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:18 | On the Christian Life 8 · Fastidius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 411-430 |
Deuteronomy 10:19
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:19 | On the Christian Life 8 · Fastidius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 411-430 |
Deuteronomy 10:20
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:20 | PG 12:1523 (Ps 72 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Deut 10:20 | Against the Heathen 46 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 318–325 |
| Deut 10:20 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.4.2 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 10:20 | Exposition of Psalm 118 15.33.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
Deuteronomy 10:21
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:21 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.9.24 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 10:22 | On First Principles 4.3.11 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| Deut 10:22 | Homilies on Exodus 11.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 10:22 | Ancoratus 78.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374 |