Deuteronomy, 10

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;

1. "At that time the LORD said to me, `Hew two tables of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

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

2. And 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.'

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.

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

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.

4. And he wrote on the tables, as at the first writing, the ten commandments which 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.

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.

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

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.

6. (The people of Israel journeyed from Be-er'oth Bene-ja'akan to Mose'rah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and his son Elea'zar ministered as priest in his stead.

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

7. From there they journeyed to Gud'godah, and from Gud'godah to Jot'bathah, a land with brooks of water.

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.

8. 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 minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.

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

9. Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God said to him.)

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.

10. "I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD hearkened to me that time also; the LORD was unwilling to destroy you.

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."

11. And the LORD said to me, `Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.'

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,

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,

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

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

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

14. Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it;

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.

15. yet the LORD set his heart in love upon your fathers and chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as at this day.

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

16. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

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.

17. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

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

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

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

19. Love the sojourner therefore; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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.

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

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;

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

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.'

22. Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.