Deuteronomy 10

1 After that the Lord told me, “Cut out two stone tablets just like the first ones, make an Ark out of wood, and come up to me on the mountain.

At that time the LORD said to me, Hew you two tables of stone like to the first, and come up to me into the mount, and make you an ark of wood.

2 I will write same the words on the tablets that were on the first ones, which you broke. Then put them in the Ark.”

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which you brake, and you shall put them in the ark.

3 I made an Ark out of acacia wood, cut out two stone tablets like the first ones, and went up the mountain carrying them.

And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like to the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand.

4 The Lord wrote what he had before on the tablets, the Ten Commandments that he'd told you when he spoke from the fire on the mountain when we were all assembled there. The Lord gave them to me,

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you in the mount out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me.

5 and I went back down the mountain and put them in the Ark I'd made following the Lord's instructions. They have been there ever since.

And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

6 The Israelites went from the wells of the people of Jaakan to Moserah. Aaron died there and was buried, and Eleazar his son took over as priest.

And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.

7 From there they moved on to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land that had many streams.

From there they journeyed to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

8 At this time the Lord put the tribe of Levi in charge of carrying the Ark of the Lord's Agreement, as well as serving the Lord by standing in his presence, and of pronouncing blessings in his name, as they continue to do to this day.

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear 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.

9 That's why the tribe of Levi has no land allowance or share among the other tribes. The Lord provides what they need, just as the Lord your God promised.

Why Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God promised him.

10 I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights as before, and during that time the Lord listened to my prayers once more and agreed not to destroy you.

And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy you.

11 Then the Lord told me, “Get ready and continue your journey leading the people so they may enter and take over the land that I promised their forefathers to give them.”

And the LORD said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them.

12 People of Israel, what does the Lord your God want from you? He wants you to respect the Lord your God by following all his ways. He wants you to love him. He wants you to worship the Lord your God with all your mind and with all your being,

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, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 He wants you to keep the commandments and regulations of the Lord that I am giving you today for your own good.

To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?

14 Look! Everything belongs to the Lord your God: the heavens, the highest heavens, and the earth and all that is there.

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s your God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

15 But Lord was attracted to your forefathers and he loved them. He has also chosen you, their descendants, above any other people, even up till today.

Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

16 Dedicate yourselves to God. Don't be stubborn and hard-hearted anymore.

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked.

17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great, powerful, and awesome God. He shows no favoritism and accepts no bribes.

For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons, nor takes reward:

18 He makes sure that orphans and widows receive justice, and he loves the foreigners, providing them with food and clothing.

He does execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

19 You too must love the foreigner because you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.

Love you therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

20 You must respect the Lord your God and worship him. Hold onto him and make your promises in his name.

You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him shall you hold, and swear by his name.

21 He is the one you should praise and he is your God, who has carried out for you these incredible and awesome miracles that you've seen with your own eyes.

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

22 When your forefathers went to Egypt there were only seventy of them in total, but now God has increased your numbers so much that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.

Your fathers went down into Egypt with three score and ten persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.