Deuteronomy 10
10
1At that time the Lord said to me, “Cut two ⌞more⌟ stone tablets like the first ones, and come up to me on the mountain. Also make an ark out of wood. 2I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed. Then you will put them in the ark.”
3I made an ark out of acacia wood. I cut two ⌞more⌟ stone tablets like the first ones. I carried the two tablets up the mountain. 4The Lord wrote on these tablets the same words as before, the ten commandments. He had spoken these words to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. Then the Lord gave them to me. 5I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made. They are still there, where the Lord commanded me to put them.
6The Israelites moved from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. Aaron died there and was buried, and his son Eleazar succeeded him as priest. 7They moved from there to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with rivers that don’t dry up. 8At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s promise, to stand in the Lord’s presence when they serve him as priests, and to praise his name, as they still do today. 9This is why the tribe of Levi has no land of their own as the other tribes have. The Lord your God is their only possession, as he promised them.
10I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights as I did the first time. Once again the Lord listened to me and agreed not to destroy you. 11The Lord said to me, “Lead the people on their journey. They will enter and take possession of the land I will give them, as I swore to their ancestors.”
Israel Encouraged to Follow God’s Guidance
12Israel, what does the Lord your God want you to do? He wants you to fear him, follow all his directions, love him, and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul. 13The Lord wants you to obey his commands and laws that I’m giving you today for your own good. 14Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God. 15The Lord set his heart on your ancestors and loved them. Because of this, today he chooses you, their descendants, out of all the people of the world.
16So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don’t be impossible to deal with any longer. 17The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, powerful, and awe-inspiring God. He never plays favorites and never takes a bribe. 18He makes sure orphans and widows receive justice. He loves foreigners and gives them food and clothes. 19So you should love foreigners, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. 20Fear the Lord your God, worship him, be loyal to him, and take your oaths in his name. 21He is your glory. He is your God, who did for you these spectacular and awe-inspiring deeds you saw with your own eyes. 22When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were 70 of them. Now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
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Deuteronomy 10
10
New tablets
1At that time the LORD told me: Carve two stone tablets, just like the first ones, and hike up the mountain to me. Construct a wooden chest as well. 2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets—the ones you smashed—then you will place them in the chest.
3So I built a chest out of acacia wood and carved two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I hiked up the mountain holding the two tablets in my hands. 4God wrote on the new tablets what had been written on the first set: the Ten Commandments that the LORD spoke to you on the mountain, from the very fire itself, on the day we assembled there. Then the LORD gave them to me.
5So I came back down the mountain. I put the tablets in the chest that I’d made, and that’s where they are now, exactly as the LORD commanded me.
(6Now, the Israelites had set out from Beeroth-bene-jaakan#10.6 Or from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. It was there that Aaron died and was buried. His son Eleazar succeeded him in the priestly role. 7From there the Israelites traveled to Gudgodah, then from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, which is a land with flowing streams. 8At that time, the LORD selected the tribe of Levi to carry the chest containing the LORD’s covenant, to minister before the LORD, to serve him, and to offer blessings in his name. That’s the way things are right now. 9That’s why the Levites don’t have a stake or inheritance with the rest of their relatives. The LORD is the Levites’ inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised them.)
10Just as the first time, I remained on the mountain forty days and nights. And the LORD listened to me again in this instance. The LORD wasn’t willing to destroy you. 11Then the LORD told me: Get going. Lead the people so they can enter and take possession of the land that I promised I’d give to their ancestors.
What the LORD requires
12Now in light of all that, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you? Only this: to revere the LORD your God by walking in all his ways, by loving him, by serving the LORD your God with all your heart and being, 13and by keeping the LORD’s commandments and his regulations that I’m commanding you right now. It’s for your own good!
14Clearly, the LORD owns the sky, the highest heavens, the earth, and everything in it. 15But the LORD adored your ancestors, loving them and choosing the descendants that followed them—you!—from all other people. That’s how things still stand now. 16So circumcise your hearts#10.16 Or the foreskin of your hearts; cf 30:6 and stop being so stubborn, 17because the LORD your God is the God of all gods and Lord of all lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who doesn’t play favorites and doesn’t take bribes. 18He enacts justice for orphans and widows, and he loves immigrants, giving them food and clothing. 19That means you must also love immigrants because you were immigrants in Egypt. 20Revere the LORD your God, serve him, cling to him, swear by his name alone! 21He is your praise, and he is your God—the one who performed these great and awesome acts that you witnessed with your very own eyes. 22Your ancestors went down to Egypt with a total of seventy people, but now look! The LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the nighttime sky!
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