1 A t that time Jehovah said unto me, Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first, and come up unto me into the mountain, and make thee an ark of wood;

“At that time the Lord 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.

2 a nd I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt lay them in the ark.

And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you shall put them in the ark.’

3 A nd 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.

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

4 A nd he wrote on the tables, as the first writing, the ten words which Jehovah spoke unto you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire, on the day of the assembly, and Jehovah gave them unto me.

And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the Lord had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.

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

Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.”

6 ( And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth-Bene-Jaakan to Moserah: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son exercised the priesthood in his stead.

(Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his stead.

7 F rom thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of water-brooks.)

From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water.

8 A t that time Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to do service unto 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 to Him and to bless in His name, to this day.

9 T herefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God told him.

Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God promised him.)

10 B ut I stood upon the mountain according to the former days, forty days and forty nights; and Jehovah listened unto me also at that time: Jehovah would not destroy thee.

“As at the first time, I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; the Lord also heard me at that time, and the Lord chose not to destroy you.

11 A nd Jehovah said unto me, Rise up, take thy journey before the people, that they may enter in and possess the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give unto them.

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, begin your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’ The Essence of the Law

12 A nd now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

“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 and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 t o keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy good?

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

14 B ehold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah thy God; the earth and all that is therein.

Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

15 O nly, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day.

The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

16 C ircumcise then the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.

17 F or Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward;

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.

18 w ho executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.

He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

19 A nd ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

20 T hou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.

21 H e is thy praise, and he is thy God, who hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

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

22 W ith seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.