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,
Ver. 12. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee?] Beneficium postulat officium; mercy calls for duty.
Require of thee.] Or, as some render it, Request of thee; the word here used signifieth, petere more mendicorum, to crave as beggars do; and so it is used in Psalms 109:10 .
But to fear the Lord.] This is the totum hominis Ecc 12:13 the bonum hominis Mic 6:8 the unum necessarium Luk 10:42 the primum quaerendum Mat 6:33