1 “ At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two pieces of stone like the other ones. Then come up to Me on the mountain, and make a box of wood.

At 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;

2 I will write on the pieces of stone the words that were on the other pieces of stone which you broke. And you will put them in the box.’

and 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.

3 S o I made a box of acacia wood and cut out two pieces of stone like the other ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two stone pieces in my hand.

And 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 T he Lord wrote the Ten Laws the same as before on the pieces of stone which He had spoken to you on the mountain from the fire on the day of the meeting. And the Lord gave them to me.

And 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.

5 T hen I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the stone pieces in the box I had made. There they are, as the Lord told me.”

And 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.

6 ( The people of Israel traveled from the wells of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. Aaron died there and was buried and his son Eleazar took his place as religious leader.

(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.

7 F rom there they traveled to Gudgodah. And from Gudgodah they went to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water.

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

8 A t that time the Lord set apart the family of Levi to carry the special box of the Law of the Lord, and to stand before the Lord to work for Him and honor His name to this day.

At 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.

9 S o Levi does not have a share of what is given to his brothers. The Lord is his share, just as the Lord your God promised him.)

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

10 “ Once more I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time. And the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord did not destroy you.

But 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.

11 T hen the Lord said to me, ‘Get up. Travel in front of the people, so they may go in and take the land which I promised to give their fathers.’ What God Wants

And 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.

12 “ And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you? He wants you to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him. He wants you to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.

And 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,

13 H e wants you to keep all the Laws of the Lord which I am telling you today for your good.

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

14 S ee, heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it belong to the Lord your God.

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

15 T he Lord had joy in loving your fathers more than other nations, and you are still His chosen people to this day.

Only, 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.

16 S o then, from now on, obey the Lord. Do not be strong-willed any more.

Circumcise then the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

17 F or the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords. He is the great and powerful God and is to be honored with fear. He does not show favor, and cannot be bought with money.

For 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;

18 H e does what is right and fair for the child without parents and the woman whose husband has died. He shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing.

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

19 S o show your love for the stranger. For you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

20 F ear the Lord your God. Work for Him, hold on to Him, and swear by His name.

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

21 H e is your praise and He is your God. You have seen the great and powerful things He has done for you.

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

22 Y our fathers went to Egypt, seventy people in all. And now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars of heaven.

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