Deuteronomy 10

¹“At that time, the Lord said to me: ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone, like those that were before, and ascend to me on the mountain. And you shall make an ark of wood.

²And I will write on the tablets the words which were on those that you broke before, and you shall place them in the ark.’

³And so, I made an ark of setim wood. And when I had hewn two tablets of stone like the former, I ascended onto the mountain, having them in my hands.

⁴And he wrote on the tablets, according to that which he had written before, the ten words, which the Lord spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire, when the people were assembled. And he gave them to me.

⁵And returning from the mountain, I descended and placed the tablets in the ark, which I had made, and they are still there even now, just as the Lord instructed me.

⁶Then the sons of Israel moved their camp, from Beeroth among the sons of Jaakan, into Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and where his son Eleazar was installed in the priesthood in his place.

⁷From there, they went into Gudgodah. From that place, they set out and camped at Jotbathah, in a land of waters and torrents.

⁸At that time, he separated the tribe of Levi, so that he would carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and stand before him in the ministry, and speak blessings in his name, even to the present day.

⁹As a result, Levi has no portion or possession with his brothers. For the Lord himself is his possession, just as the Lord your God promised him.

¹⁰Then I stood on the mountain, as before, for forty days and nights. And the Lord heeded me at this time also, and he was not willing to destroy you.

¹¹And he said to me: ‘Go forth and walk before the people, so that they may enter and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers that I would deliver to them.’

¹²And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only that you fear the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul,

¹³and that you keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I am instructing to you this day, so that it may be well with you.

¹⁴Lo, heaven belongs to the Lord your God, and the heaven of heaven, and the earth, and all the things that are within these.

¹⁵Now the Lord was closely joined to your fathers, and he loved them, and he chose their offspring after them, that is, you yourselves, out of all the nations, just as is being proven today.

¹⁶Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and no longer stiffen your neck.

¹⁷For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe.

¹⁸He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing.

¹⁹Therefore, you also should love sojourners, for you also were new arrivals in the land of Egypt.

²⁰You shall fear the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

²¹He is your praise and your God. He has done for you these great and terrible things, which your eyes have seen.

²²As seventy souls, your fathers descended into Egypt. And now, behold, the Lord your God has multiplied you to be like the stars of heaven.”

Deuteronomy 10

¹At that time the Lord said to me: Hew thee two tables of stone like the former, and come up to me into the mount: and thou shalt make an ark of wood,

²And I will write on the tables the words that were in them, which thou brokest before, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

³And I made an ark of setim wood. And when I had hewn two tables of stone like the former, I went up into the mount, having them in my hands.

⁴And he wrote in the tables, according as he had written before, the ten words, which the Lord spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire, when the people were assembled: and he gave them to me.

⁵And returning from the mount, I came down, and put the tables into the ark, that I had made, and they are there till this present, as the Lord commanded me.

⁶And the children of Israel removed their camp from Beroth, of the children of Jacan into Mosera, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him in the priestly office.

⁷From thence they came to Gadgad, from which place they departed, and camped in Jetebatha, in a land of waters and torrents.

⁸At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.

⁹Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.

¹⁰And I stood in the mount, as before, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time also, and would not destroy thee.

¹¹And he said to me: Go, and walk before the people, that they may enter, and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers that I would give them.

¹²And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

¹³And keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee?

¹⁴Behold heaven is the Lord's thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and all things that are therein.

¹⁵And yet the Lord hath been closely joined to thy fathers, and loved them and chose their seed after them, that is to say, you, out of all nations, as this day it is proved.

¹⁶Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

¹⁷Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.

¹⁸He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.

¹⁹And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

²⁰Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him only: to him thou shalt adhere, and shalt swear by his name.

²¹He is thy praise, and thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thy eyes have seen.

²²In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.