Deuteronomy summarizes the requirement as fearing the LORD, walking in his ways, loving him, serving him, and keeping his commandments Deuteronomy 10:12–13. The summary comes after recounting God’s greatness and Israel’s history Deuteronomy 10:14–16. It functions as a concise statement of covenant expectations in the book.
In Deuteronomy 10:12–13, Moses narrows Israel’s response to God into a focused set of obligations. He asks what Yahweh “requires,” then lists interwoven attitudes and actions: reverent fear, living by God’s ways, love, and whole-person service. These are not presented as competing options but as a bundled description of loyal covenant life. These verses sit within Moses’ renewed call to covenant loyalty in Deuteronomy 5–11, where past failures and divine mercy are used to press the present generation toward steady obedience.
Deuteronomy 10:12–13 presents Moses summarizing what Yahweh “requires” from Israel. The text’s main point is not a long list of cases, but a compact picture of covenant loyalty made up of connected attitudes and actions: fearing Yahweh, walking in his ways, loving him, serving him with one’s whole self, and keeping his commands and statutes.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Deuteronomy 10:12-13, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
12Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?