Deuteronomy 10

1 At that time YHWH said to me, "Cut two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

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

And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”

3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.

So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

4 He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which YHWH spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and YHWH gave them to me.

And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,

5 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as YHWH commanded me.

and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.

6 (The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his place.

The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.

7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

8 At that time YHWH set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of YHWH, to stand before YHWH to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

At 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 serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

9 Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; YHWH is his inheritance, according as YHWH your God spoke to him.)

That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

10 I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and YHWH listened to me that time also, and YHWH would not destroy you.

I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.

11 YHWH said to me, "Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them."

Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

12 Now, Israel, what does YHWH your God require of you, but to fear YHWH your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 to keep the commandments of YHWH, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?

and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

14 Look, to YHWH your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in it.

Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

15 Only YHWH had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

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

Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.

17 For YHWH your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't respect persons, nor takes reward.

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

18 He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

19 Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

20 You shall fear YHWH your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

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

He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.

22 Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now YHWH your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.

Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.