Deuteronomy, 10

1. "At that time the LORD said to me, 'Cut two tablets of stone like the former; then come up the mountain to me. Also make an ark of wood.

1. 'Yahweh then said to me, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and come up to me on the mountain. Make an ark of wood;

2. I will write upon the tablets the commandments that were on the former tablets that you broke, and you shall place them in the ark.'

2. on the tablets I shall inscribe the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; put them in the ark."

3. So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two tablets of stone like the former, and went up the mountain carrying the two tablets.

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

4. The LORD then wrote on them, as he had written before, the ten commandments which he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. After the LORD had given them to me,

4. And he inscribed the tablets, as he had inscribed them before, with the Ten Words which Yahweh had said to you on the mountain, from the heart of the fire, on the day of the Assembly. Yahweh then gave them to me.

5. I turned and came down the mountain, and placed the tablets in the ark I had made. There they have remained, in keeping with the command the LORD gave me.

5. I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, and there they stayed, as Yahweh had commanded me.

6. (The Israelites set out from Beeroth Bene-jaakan for Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, his son Eleazar succeeding him in the priestly office.

6. 'The Israelites left the wells of the Bene-Jaakan for Moserah, where Aaron died; he was buried there, and his son Eleazar succeeded him in the priesthood.

7. From there they set out for Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah for Jotbathah, a region where there is water in the wadies.)

7. From there, they set out for Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah for Jotbathah, an area rich in streams.

8. "At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to be in attendance before the LORD and minister to him, and to give blessings in his name, as they have done to this day.

8. Yahweh then set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of Yahweh's covenant, to stand in the presence of Yahweh, to serve him and to bless in his name, as they still do today.

9. For this reason, Levi has no share in the heritage with his brothers; the LORD himself is his heritage, as the LORD, your God, has told him.

9. This is why Levi has no share or heritage with his brothers: Yahweh is his heritage, as Yahweh your God then told him.

10. "After I had spent these other forty days and forty nights on the mountain, and the LORD had once again heard me and decided not to destroy you,

10. 'And, as before, I stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights. And again Yahweh heard my prayer and agreed not to destroy you.

11. he said to me, 'Go now and set out at the head of your people, that they may enter in and occupy the land which I swore to their fathers I would give them.'

11. And Yahweh said to me, "Be on your way at the head of this people, so that they can go and take possession of the country which I swore to their ancestors that I would give them."

12. "And now, Israel, what does the LORD, your God, ask of you but to fear the LORD, your God, and follow his ways exactly, to love and serve the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul,

12. 'And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God ask of you? Only this: to fear Yahweh your God, to follow all his ways, to love him, to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul,

13. to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good?

13. to keep the commandments and laws of Yahweh, which I am laying down for you today for your own good.

14. Think! The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to the LORD, your God, as well as the earth and everything on it.

14. 'Look, to Yahweh your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth and everything on it;

15. Yet in his love for your fathers the LORD was so attached to them as to choose you, their descendants, in preference to all other peoples, as indeed he has now done.

15. yet it was on your ancestors, for love of them, that Yahweh set his heart to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, you yourselves, out of all nations, up to the present day.

16. Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and be no longer stiff-necked.

16. Circumcise your heart then and be obstinate no longer;

17. For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods, the LORD of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who has no favorites, accepts no bribes;

17. for Yahweh your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, triumphant and terrible, free of favouritism, never to be bribed.

18. who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and befriends the alien, feeding and clothing him.

18. He it is who sees justice done for the orphan and the widow, who loves the stranger and gives him food and clothing.

19. So you too must befriend the alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.

19. (Love the stranger then, for you were once strangers in Egypt.)

20. The LORD, your God, shall you fear, and him shall you serve; hold fast to him and swear by his name.

20. Yahweh your God is the one whom you must fear and serve; to him you must hold firm; in his name take your oaths.

21. He is your glory, he, your God, who has done for you those great and terrible things which your own eyes have seen.

21. Him you must praise, he is your God: for you he has done these great and terrible things which you have seen for yourselves;

22. Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy strong, and now the LORD, your God, has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

22. and, although your ancestors numbered only seventy persons when they went down to Egypt, Yahweh your God has now made you as many as the stars of heaven.'