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 of Stone
1“At that time the Lord said to me, #Ex. 34:1, 2 ‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and #Ex. 25:10make an ark of wood. 2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and #Ex. 25:16, 21you shall put them in the ark.’ 3So I made an ark #Ex. 25:10; 37:1 of acacia wood, and #Ex. 34:4cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. 4And #Ex. 34:28 he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments#10:4 Hebrew the ten words #Ex. 20:1 that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire #See ch. 9:10on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. 5Then I turned and #Ex. 34:29 came down from the mountain and #Ex. 40:20 put the tablets in the ark that I had made. #1 Kgs. 8:9And there they are, as the Lord commanded me.”
6(The people of Israel #Num. 33:30, 31 journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan#10:6 Or the wells of the Bene-jaakan to Moserah. #[Num. 20:28; 33:38]There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. 7#Num. 33:32, 33From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. 8At that time #Num. 3:6; 8:14; 16:9; [1 Chr. 23:13] the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi #Num. 4:5, 15 to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord #ch. 17:12; 18:5, 7 to stand before the Lord to minister to him and #ch. 21:5; Lev. 9:22; See Num. 6:23-26to bless in his name, to this day. 9#See Num. 18:20Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)
10 # ch. 9:18, 25 “I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, #ch. 9:19and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. 11#Ex. 32:34; 33:1And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.’
Circumcise Your Heart
12“And now, Israel, #[Mic. 6:8] what does the Lord your God require of you, but #See ch. 6:2, 13 to fear the Lord your God, #See ch. 5:33 to walk in all his ways, #See ch. 6:5to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13and #ch. 7:11 to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today #ch. 6:24for your good? 14Behold, #1 Kgs. 8:27; 2 Chr. 6:18; Neh. 9:6; Ps. 115:16; Isa. 66:1 to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, #Ex. 19:5; Ps. 24:1the earth with all that is in it. 15Yet #ch. 4:37; [ch. 7:7]the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. 16Circumcise therefore #ch. 30:6; Jer. 4:4; [Acts 7:51] the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer #See ch. 9:6stubborn. 17For the Lord your God is #Josh. 22:22; Ps. 136:2; Dan. 2:47; 11:36 God of gods and #Rev. 17:14; 19:16 Lord of lords, #Neh. 9:32; See ch. 7:21 the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is #2 Chr. 19:7; Job 34:19; Acts 10:34; Rom. 2:11; Gal. 2:6; Eph. 6:9; Col. 3:25; 1 Pet. 1:17not partial and takes no bribe. 18#Ps. 68:5; 146:9; [ch. 24:17; Ex. 22:22]He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19#Ex. 22:21; 23:9; Lev. 19:33, 34Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20#[See ver. 12 above] You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and #ch. 11:22; 13:4; 30:20 hold fast to him, and #See ch. 6:13by his name you shall swear. 21#Ps. 22:3; 109:1; Jer. 17:14 He is your praise. He is your God, #2 Sam. 7:23; Ps. 106:21, 22who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. 22Your fathers went down to Egypt #Gen. 46:27; Ex. 1:5; [Acts 7:14] seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you #ch. 28:62; Neh. 9:23; See Gen. 15:5as numerous as the stars of heaven.
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