Deuteronomy 10

Modern

Literal

New Stone Tablets

¹At 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.

¹At that time, YHWH said to me, “Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood.

²And 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.”

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.”

³So 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.

³And I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, and the two tablets were in my hand.

⁴And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments^a 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,

⁴And He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the Ten Words that YHWH had spoken to you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. And YHWH gave them to me.

⁵and 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.

⁵And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark that I had made. And they are there, as YHWH commanded me.

⁶The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan^a to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.

⁶And the sons of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and he was buried there. And Eleazar his son acted as priest in his stead.

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

⁷From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers 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 serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

⁸At that time YHWH separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of YHWH, to stand before the face of YHWH to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, to this day.

⁹That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

⁹Upon thus Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers; YHWH is his inheritance, as YHWH your God spoke to him.

¹⁰I 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.

¹⁰And I stayed in the mountain, as at the first days, forty days and forty nights. And YHWH heard me also at that time; and YHWH chose not to destroy you.

¹¹Then 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.”

¹¹And YHWH said to me, “Arise, begin in journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.”

A Call to Obedience

¹²And 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,

¹²And now, O Israel, what does YHWH your God require of you except 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,

¹³and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

¹³and to keep the commandments of YHWH, and His statutes that I command you today for good to you?

¹⁴Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

¹⁴Behold, unto YHWH your God are the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that is in it.

¹⁵Yet 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.

¹⁵Yet in your fathers YHWH delighted to love them, and He chose their seed after them, you, above all peoples, as it is this day.

¹⁶Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.

¹⁶And you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be not stiff-necked anymore.

¹⁷For 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.

¹⁷For YHWH your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, God, the great, mighty, and awesome, who regards not persons nor takes a bribe.

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

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

¹⁹So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

¹⁹And you shall love the sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

²⁰You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

²⁰YHWH your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall hold fast, and by His name you shall swear.

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

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

²²Your 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.

²²With seventy persons Your fathers went down to Egypt, and now YHWH your God has made you like the stars of the heavens in multitude.