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| 1“At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and make an ark of wood. | 1At that time the LORD said to me, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark. |
| 2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.’ | 2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark." |
| 3So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. | 3So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. |
| 4And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments that the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. | 4The LORD wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. |
| 5Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made. And there they are, as the LORD commanded me.” | 5Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD commanded me, and they are there now. |
| 6(The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. | 6(The Israelites traveled from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. |
| 7From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. | 7From there they traveled to Gudgodah and on to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water. |
| 8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD to stand before the LORD to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day. | 8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today. |
| 9Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God said to him.) | 9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the LORD is their inheritance, as the LORD your God told them.) |
| 10“I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD was unwilling to destroy you. | 10Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I did the first time, and the LORD listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you. |
| 11And 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.’ | 11"Go," the LORD said to me, "and lead the people on their way, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to their ancestors to give them." |
| 12“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, | 12And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, |
| 13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good? | 13and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? |
| 14Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. | 14To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. |
| 15Yet 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. | 15Yet the LORD set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations--as it is today. |
| 16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. | 16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer. |
| 17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. | 17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. |
| 18He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. | 18He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. |
| 19Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. | 19And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. |
| 20You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear. | 20Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name. |
| 21He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. | 21He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. |
| 22Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven. | 22Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky. |
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