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The Second Pair of Tablets

“At that time the Lord said to me, [a]‘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.

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New Tablets of Stone

“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.

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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.’

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And 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.’

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“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.

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So 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.

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And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten [b]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.

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And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandmentsa 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.

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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.”

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Then 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.”

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(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 [c]stead.

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(The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakanb to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place.

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

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

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At that time the Lord [e]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.

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At 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.

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

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Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)

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“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.

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“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.

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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.’

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And 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.’

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The Essence of the Law

“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,

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Circumcise Your Heart

“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,

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

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and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?

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

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Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.

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

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Yet 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.

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

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Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

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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.

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For 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.

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

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He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

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

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Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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

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You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.

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

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

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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.

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

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Deuteronomy 10

Deuteronomy 10