10
1 At
that time the
LORD said to me,
“Cut two stone
tablets like the
first, and come
up to me onto
the mountain, and
make an ark of
wood.
2 I
will write on
the tablets the
words that were
on the first
tablets which you
broke, and you
shall put them
in the ark.”
3 So
I made an ark
of acacia wood,
and cut two stone
tablets like the
first, and went
up onto the
mountain, having the
two tablets in
my hand.
4 He
wrote on the
tablets, according
to the first
writing, the ten
commandments, which
the LORD spoke
to you on
the mountain out
of the middle
of the fire in
the day of
the assembly; and
the LORD gave
them to me.
5 I
turned and came
down from the
mountain, and put
the tablets in
the ark which I
had made; and
there they are
as the LORD
commanded me.
6 (The
children of Israel
traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan
to Moserah.
There Aaron died,
and there he
was buried;
and Eleazar his
son ministered in
the priest’s office
in his place.
7 From
there they
traveled to
Gudgodah; and from
Gudgodah to
Jotbathah, a land
of brooks of
water.
8 At
that time the
LORD set apart the
tribe of Levi
to bear the ark
of the LORD’s
covenant, to stand
before the LORD
to minister to
him, and to
bless in his
name, to this
day.
9 Therefore
Levi has no
portion nor
inheritance with
his brothers; the
LORD is his
inheritance, according
as the LORD
your God spoke
to him.)
10 I
stayed on the
mountain, as at
the first time,
forty days and forty
nights; and the
LORD listened to
me that time
also. The LORD
would not destroy
you.
11 The
LORD said to me,
“Arise, take your
journey before the
people; and they
shall go in
and possess the
land which I
swore to
their fathers to
give to them.”
12 Now,
Israel, what does
the LORD your
God require of
you, but to
fear the LORD
your God, to
walk in all
his ways, to love
him, and to
serve the LORD
your God with
all your heart
and with all
your soul,
13 to
keep the LORD’s
commandments and
statutes, which I
command you today
for your good?
14 Behold,
to the LORD
your God belongs
heaven, the heaven
of heavens, and
the earth, with
all that
is therein.
15 Only
the LORD had
a delight in
your fathers to
love them, and
he chose their
offspring after
them, even
you above all
peoples, as it
is today.
16 Circumcise
therefore the
foreskin of your
heart, and be
no more stiff-necked.
17 For
the LORD your
God, he is
God of gods and
Lord of lords, the
great God, the
mighty, and the
awesome, who doesn’t
respect persons or
take bribes.
18 He
executes justice
for the fatherless
and widow and loves
the foreigner in
giving him food
and clothing.
19 Therefore love the
foreigner, for you
were foreigners in
the land of Egypt.
20 You
shall fear the
LORD your God.
You shall serve
him. You shall
cling to him,
and you shall
swear by his
name.
21 He
is your praise,
and he is
your God, who has
done for you
these great and
awesome things
which your eyes
have seen.
22 Your fathers
went down into
Egypt with seventy
persons; and now
the LORD your
God has made
you as the
stars of the
sky for multitude.