Deuteronomy 10:1–8

The Covenant Renewed

10“The Lord said to me at that time, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come to Me on the mountain and make a wooden ark. ²I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’ ³So I made an ark of acacia wood, ⁱcut two stone tablets like the first ones, and climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. ⁴Then on the day of the assembly, the Lord wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain from the fire. The Lord gave them to me, ⁵and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made. And they have remained there, as the Lord commanded me.” ^j

⁶The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan ^kto Moserah. Aaron died and was buried there, and Eleazar his son became priest in his place. ^l7They traveled from there to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water. ^m

⁸“At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi ⁿto carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as it is today.