Deuteronomy 10

CHAPTER 10

The Tablets Rewritten

¹“At that time Yahweh said to me, ‘^aCarve out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and ^bmake an ark of wood for yourself.

²‘^aAnd I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and ^byou shall put them in the ark.’

³“So ^aI made an ark of acacia wood and ^bcarved out two tablets of stone like the former ones and went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.

⁴“And He wrote on the tablets, like the former writing, ^athe Ten ¹Commandments ^bwhich Yahweh had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire ^con the day of the assembly; and Yahweh gave them to me.

⁵“Then I turned and ^acame down from the mountain and ^bput the tablets in the ark which I had made; ^cand there they are, as Yahweh commanded me.”

⁶(Now the sons of Israel set out from ¹Beeroth ^aBene-jaakan to Moserah. ^bThere Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his place.

^7aFrom there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

^8aAt that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh ^bto minister for Him and to bless in His name to this day.

^9aTherefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, just as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

¹⁰“^aI, moreover, stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time, and Yahweh listened to me that time also; Yahweh was not willing to destroy you.

¹¹“Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Arise, go on your journey ahead of the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

Circumcise Your Heart

¹²“^aSo now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God ask from you, but to ¹fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all His ways and ^blove Him, and to serve Yahweh your God with ^call your heart and with all your soul,

¹³and to keep the commandments of Yahweh and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?

¹⁴“Behold, ^ato Yahweh your God belong heaven and the ¹highest heavens, ^bthe earth and all that is in it.

¹⁵“^aYet on your fathers did Yahweh set His affection to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day.

¹⁶“^aSo circumcise ¹your heart, and ^bstiffen your neck no longer.

¹⁷“^aFor Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the ^bLord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God ^cwho does not show partiality nor ^dtake a bribe.

¹⁸“He executes justice for ^athe orphan and the widow, and shows love for the sojourner by giving him food and clothing.

¹⁹“^aSo show love for the sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

²⁰“Yahweh your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall ^acling, and by His name ^byou shall swear.

²¹“He is ^ayour praise, and He is your God, who has done these great and fearsome things for you which your eyes have seen.

²²“^aYour fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, ^band now Yahweh your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.