The Tablets Rewritten

10 “At that time the Lord said to me, ‘^(A)Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first two, and come up to Me on the mountain, and ^(B)make an ^[a]ark of wood for yourself. ² Then ^(C)I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed to pieces, and ^(D)you shall put them in the ark.’ ³ So ^(E)I made an ark of acacia wood and ^(F)cut out two tablets of stone like the first two, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. ⁴ Then He wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, ^(G)the Ten ^[b]Commandments ^(H)which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire ^(I)on the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me. ⁵ Then I turned and ^(J)came down from the mountain, and I ^(K)put the tablets in the ark which I had made; ^(L)and they are there, just as the Lord commanded me.”

⁶ (Now the sons of Israel set out from ^[c]Beeroth ^(M)Bene-jaakan to Moserah. ^(N)There Aaron died and there he was buried, and his son Eleazar served as priest in his place. ^7 (O)From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water. ^8 (P)At that time the Lord singled out the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord ^(Q)to serve Him and to bless in His name, until this day. ^9 (R)Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)

¹⁰ “^(S)I, moreover, stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights like the first time, and the Lord listened to me that time also; the Lord was not willing to destroy you. ¹¹ Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, proceed on your journey ahead of the people, so that they may go in and take possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

¹² “^(T)And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to ^[d]fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and ^(U)love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with ^(V)all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³ and to keep the Lord’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? ¹⁴ Behold, ^(W)to the Lord your God belong heaven and the ^[e]highest heavens, ^(X)the earth and all that is in it. ^15 (Y)Yet the Lord set His affection on your fathers, to love them, and He chose their ^[f]descendants after them, you over all the other peoples, as it is this day. ^16 (Z)So circumcise ^[g]your heart, and do not ^(AA)stiffen your neck any longer. ^17 (AB)For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the ^(AC)Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, ^(AD)who does not show partiality, nor ^(AE)take a bribe. ¹⁸ He executes justice for ^(AF)the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing. ^19 (AG)So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ²⁰ You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and ^(AH)cling to Him, and ^(AI)you shall swear by His name. ²¹ He is ^(AJ)your glory and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen. ^22 (AK)Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, ^(AL)and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.