Deuteronomy 10

A New Copy of the Covenant

10"At that time the LORD said to me, 'Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain,H6256H3068H559H6458H8147H3871H68H7223H5927H2022H6213H727H60862and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the Ark.'H3789H3871H1697H7223H3871H7665H7760H7273"So I made an Ark of acacia wood and cut two stone tablets like the first two. Then I went up the mountain with the tablets in my hand.H6213H727H7848H6086H6458H8147H3871H68H7223H5927H2022H8147H3871H30274Once again the LORD wrote the Ten Commandments

on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the LORD had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain.H3789H3871H7223H4385H6235H1697H3068H1696H2022H8432H784H3117H6951H3068H54145Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the LORD commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark."H6437H3381H2022H7760H3871H727H6213H3068H66806(The people of Israel set out from the wells of the people of Jaakan

and traveled to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried. His son Eleazar ministered as high priest in his place.H1121H3478H5265H885H4149H175H4191H6912H499H1121H35477Then they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, a land with many brooks and streams.H5265H1412H1412H3193H776H5158H43258At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, and to stand before the LORD as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day.H6256H3068H914H7626H3878H5375H727H1285H3068H5975H6440H3068H8334H1288H8034H31179That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The LORD himself is their special possession, as the LORD your God told them.)H3878H2506H5159H251H3068H5159H3068H430H169610"As for me, I stayed on the mountain in the LORD's presence for forty days and nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the LORD listened to my pleas and agreed not to destroy you.H5975H2022H7223H3117H705H3117H705H3915H3068H8085H6471H3068H14H784311Then the LORD said to me, 'Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'H3068H559H6965H3212H4550H6440H5971H935H3423H776H7650H1H5414

A Call to Love and Obedience

12"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.H3478H3068H430H7592H3372H3068H430H3212H1870H157H5647H3068H430H3824H531513And you must always obey the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.H8104H4687H3068H2708H6680H3117H289614"Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the LORD your God.H8064H8064H8064H3068H430H77615Yet the LORD chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above all other nations, as is evident today.H3068H2836H1H157H977H2233H310H5971H311716Therefore, change your hearts

and stop being stubborn.H4135H6190H3824H6203H718517"For the LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.H3068H430H430H430H113H113H1419H410H1368H3372H5375H6440H3947H781018He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.H6213H4941H3490H490H157H1616H5414H3899H807119So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.H157H1616H1616H776H471420You must fear the LORD your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.H3372H3068H430H5647H1692H7650H803421He alone is your God, the only one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done these mighty miracles that you have seen with your own eyes.H8416H430H6213H1419H3372H5869H720022When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!H1H3381H4714H7657H5315H3068H430H7760H3556H8064H7230