1 A t 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.

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

2 A nd 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 tables the words that were in the first tables which thou didst brake, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

3 S o 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 of stone in my hand.

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

4 A nd the Lord 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.

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

5 A nd 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.

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

6 ( The Israelites journeyed from the wells of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.

(After this, the sons of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the sons of Jaakan to Mosera; there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar, his son, received the priesthood in his stead.

7 F rom there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and then to Jotbathah, a land of brooks.

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

8 A t that time the Lord set apart 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 unto 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 unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

9 T herefore Levi has no part or inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God promised him.)

Therefore, Levi had no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God said unto him.)

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

And I stayed in the mount, like the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD did not desire to destroy thee.

11 A nd the Lord said to me, Arise, journey on before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them.

And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people that they may enter in and inherit the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give unto them.

12 A nd 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 your entire being,

¶ And now, Israel, what does the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

13 T o keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?

to keep the commandments of the LORD and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

14 B ehold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth also, with all that is in it and on it.

Behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens are of the LORD thy God, the earth also, with all that is therein.

15 Y et the Lord had a delight in loving your fathers, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

The LORD delighted only in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you from among all the peoples, as it is this day.

16 S o circumcise the foreskin of your hearts; be no longer stubborn and hardened.

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

17 F or the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, the terrible God, Who is not partial and takes no bribe.

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty, and terrible, who makes no exception of persons, nor takes a bribe;

18 H e executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger or temporary resident and gives him food and clothing.

he executes the rights of the fatherless and the widow and also loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

19 T herefore love the stranger and sojourner, for you were strangers and sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Ye shall love, therefore, the stranger, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

20 Y ou shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and by His name and presence you shall swear.

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave and swear by his name.

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

He shall be thy praise, and he shall be thy God, that has done with thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

22 Y our fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of the heavens for multitude.

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.