1“At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and make an ark of wood. (Ex 25:10; Ex 34:1)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.’ (Ex 25:16; Ex 25:21)3So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. (Ex 25:10; Ex 34:4; Ex 37:1)4And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments[1] that 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. (Ex 20:1; Ex 34:28; De 9:10)5Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made. And there they are, as the Lord commanded me.” (Ex 34:29; Ex 40:20; 1Ki 8:9)6(The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan[2] to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. (Nu 20:28; Nu 33:30; Nu 33:38)7From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. (Nu 33:32)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 minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day. (Le 9:22; Nu 3:6; Nu 4:5; Nu 4:15; Nu 6:23; Nu 8:14; Nu 16:9; De 17:12; De 18:5; De 18:7; De 21:5; 1Ch 23:13)9Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.) (Nu 18:20)10“I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. (De 9:18; De 9:19; De 9:25)11And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.’ (Ex 32:34; Ex 33:1)
Circumcise Your Heart
12“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, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, (De 5:33; De 6:2; De 6:5; De 6:13; Mic 6:8)13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good? (De 6:24; De 7:11)14Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. (Ex 19:5; 1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 6:18; Ne 9:6; Ps 24:1; Ps 115:16; Isa 66:1)15Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. (De 4:37; De 7:7)16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. (De 9:6; De 30:6; Jer 4:4; Ac 7:51)17For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. (De 7:21; Jos 22:22; 2Ch 19:7; Ne 9:32; Job 34:19; Ps 136:2; Da 2:47; Da 11:36; Ac 10:34; Ro 2:11; Ga 2:6; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25; 1Pe 1:17; Re 17:14; Re 19:16)18He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. (Ex 22:22; De 24:17; Ps 68:5; Ps 146:9)19Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. (Ex 22:21; Ex 23:9; Le 19:33)20You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear. (De 6:13; De 10:12; De 11:22; De 13:4; De 30:20)21He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. (2Sa 7:23; Ps 22:3; Ps 106:21; Ps 109:1; Jer 17:14)22Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven. (Ge 15:5; Ge 46:27; Ex 1:5; De 28:62; Ne 9:23; Ac 7:14)
Deuteronomy 10
New International Version
Tablets like the first ones
1At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.[1]2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark.’3So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiselled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.4The Lord wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me.5Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the Lord commanded me, and they are there now.6(The Israelites travelled from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.7From there they travelled to Gudgodah and on to Jotbathah, a land with streams 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 minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance, as the Lord your God told them.)10Now I had stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights, as I did the first time, and the Lord listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.11‘Go,’ the Lord said to me, ‘and lead the people on their way, so that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them.’
Fear the Lord
12And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,13and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?14To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.15Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations – as it is today.16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.17For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.18He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.19And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.20Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.21He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.22Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Deuteronomy 10
King James Version
1At 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.2And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.3And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.4And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake 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.5And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.6And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest' office in his stead.7From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.8At 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.9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.10And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.11And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.12And now, Israel, what doth 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,13To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD' thy God, the earth also , with all that therein is .15Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.20Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy 10
New International Reader’s Version
The new stone tablets
1At that time the LORD spoke to me. He said, ‘Carve out two stone tablets, just like the first ones. Then come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you must put the tablets in the ark.’3So I made the ark out of acacia wood. I carved out two stone tablets that were just like the first ones. I went up the mountain. I carried the two tablets in my hands.4The LORD wrote on the tablets what he had written before. It was the Ten Commandments. He had announced them to you out of the fire on the mountain. It was on the day you had gathered together there. So the LORD gave the tablets to me.5Then I came back down the mountain. I put the tablets in the ark I had made, just as the LORD had commanded me. And that’s where they are now.6Remember how the Israelites travelled from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah. That’s where Aaron died. And his body was buried there. His son Eleazar became the next priest after him.7From Moserah the people travelled to Gudgodah. Then they went on to Jotbathah. That land has streams of water.8At that time the LORD set the tribe of Levi apart. He appointed them to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD. He wanted them to serve him. He told them to bless the people in his name. And they still do it today.9That’s why the Levites don’t have any part of the land the LORD gave the other tribes in Israel. They don’t have any share among them. The LORD himself is their share. That’s what the LORD your God told them.10I had stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights, just as I did the first time. The LORD listened to me that time also. He didn’t want to destroy you.11‘Go’, the LORD said to me. ‘Lead the people on their way. Then they can enter the land and take it over. I have given my word. I promised I would give the land to their fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’
Honour the Lord
12And now, Israel, what is the LORD your God asking you to do? Honour him. Live exactly as he wants you to live. Love him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.13Obey the LORD’s commands and rules. I’m giving them to you today for your own good.14The heavens belong to the LORD your God. Even the highest heavens belong to him. He owns the earth and everything in it.15But the LORD loved your people of long ago very much. You are their children. And he chose you above all the other nations. His love and his promise remain with you to this very day.16So don’t be stubborn anymore. Obey the LORD.17The LORD your God is the greatest God of all. He is the greatest LORD of all. He is the great God. He is mighty and wonderful. He treats everyone the same. He doesn’t accept any money from those who want special favours.18He stands up for widows and for children whose fathers have died. He loves outsiders living among you. He gives them food and clothes.19So you also must love outsiders. Remember that you yourselves were outsiders in Egypt.20Honour the LORD your God. Serve him. Remain true to him. When you make promises, do so in his name.21He is the one you should praise. He’s your God. With your own eyes you saw the great and amazing things he did for you.22Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the LORD your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.