²² You also made the Lord angry^(A) at Taberah,^(B) at Massah^(C) and at Kibroth Hattaavah.^(D)

²³ And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,^(E) he said, “Go up and take possession^(F) of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled^(G) against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust^(H) him or obey him. ²⁴ You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.^(I)

²⁵ I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights^(J) because the Lord had said he would destroy you.^{(K) 26} I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,^(L) your own inheritance^(M) that you redeemed^(N) by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.^{(O) 27} Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness^(P) of this people, their wickedness and their sin. ²⁸ Otherwise, the country^(Q) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,^(R) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’^{(S) 29} But they are your people,^(T) your inheritance^(U) that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.^(V)”

Tablets Like the First Ones

10 At that time the Lord said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets^(W) like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.^{[a] 2} I 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.”^(X)

³ So I made the ark out of acacia wood^(Y) and chiseled^(Z) out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. ⁴ The Lord wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments^(AA) he had proclaimed^(AB) to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.^(AC) And the Lord gave them to me. ⁵ Then I came back down the mountain^(AD) and put the tablets in the ark^(AE) I had made,^(AF) as the Lord commanded me, and they are there now.^(AG)

⁶ (The Israelites traveled from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah.^(AH) There Aaron died^(AI) and was buried, and Eleazar^(AJ) his son succeeded him as priest.^{(AK) 7} From there they traveled to Gudgodah and on to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.^{(AL) 8} At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi^(AM) to carry the ark of the covenant^(AN) of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister^(AO) and to pronounce blessings^(AP) in his name, as they still do today.^{(AQ) 9} That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,^(AR) as the Lord your God told them.)

¹⁰ Now I had stayed on the mountain 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.^{(AS) 11} “Go,” the Lord said to me, “and lead the people on their way, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.”

Fear the Lord

¹² And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you^(AT) but to fear^(AU) the Lord your God, to walk^(AV) in obedience to him, to love him,^(AW) to serve the Lord^(AX) your God with all your heart^(AY) and with all your soul,^{(AZ) 13} and to observe the Lord’s commands^(BA) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?^(BB)

¹⁴ To the Lord your God belong the heavens,^(BC) even the highest heavens,^(BD) the earth and everything in it.^{(BE) 15} Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved^(BF) them, and he chose you,^(BG) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.^{(BH) 16} Circumcise^(BI) your hearts,^(BJ) therefore, and do not be stiff-necked^(BK) any longer. ¹⁷ For the Lord your God is God of gods^(BL) and Lord of lords,^(BM) the great God, mighty and awesome,^(BN) who shows no partiality^(BO) and accepts no bribes.^{(BP) 18} He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,^(BQ) and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.^{(BR) 19} And you are to love^(BS) those who are foreigners,^(BT) for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.^{(BU) 20} Fear the Lord your God and serve him.^(BV) Hold fast^(BW) to him and take your oaths in his name.^{(BX) 21} He is the one you praise;^(BY) he is your God, who performed for you those great^(BZ) and awesome wonders^(CA) you saw with your own eyes. ²² Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,^(CB) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.^(CC)

The Faith of the Centurion^(A)

7 When Jesus had finished saying all this^(B) to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. ² There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. ³ The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. ⁴ When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, ⁵ because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” ⁶ So Jesus went with them.

He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. ⁷ That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.^{(C) 8} For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

⁹ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” ¹⁰ Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.