摩西重新接受誡命

10 「當時耶和華對我說,『你要鑿兩塊石版,與前兩塊一樣,也要做一個木櫃,然後上山來見我。 我要把你摔碎的那兩塊石版上的話重新寫在你鑿的石版上。你要把它們放在櫃子裡。』 於是,我用皂莢木做了一個櫃子,又鑿了兩塊石版,與前兩塊石版一樣,然後帶著石版上了山。 耶和華把你們在山腳下聚會時祂在山上的火焰中向你們頒佈的十條誡命,重新刻在石版上,並把石版交給我。 我下山後,遵照耶和華的吩咐把石版放在我做的櫃子裡。現在石版仍放在那裡。

「我們從亞干人的井[a]出發,來到摩西拉。亞倫死在那裡,並葬在那裡,他兒子以利亞撒接替他做大祭司。 我們從那裡走到谷歌大,又走到溪流之鄉約巴他。 那時,耶和華把利未支派分別出來,派他們抬祂的約櫃,站立在祂面前事奉祂,奉祂的名祝福,至今未變。 因此,利未人在眾支派中沒有分到土地作產業,耶和華是他們的產業,這是你們的上帝耶和華對他們的應許。

10 「和前一次一樣,我又在山上待了四十晝夜,耶和華又聽了我的祈求,答應不毀滅你們。 11 耶和華對我說,『起來,帶他們走吧,去佔領我起誓賜給他們祖先的土地。』

耶和華的要求

12 「以色列人啊,你們的上帝耶和華對你們有何要求?無非要你們敬畏祂,遵行祂的旨意,愛祂,全心全意地事奉祂, 13 遵守祂的誡命和律例。我今天把這些誡命和律例賜給你們,是為了你們的益處。 14 看啊,諸天、大地和萬物都屬於你們的上帝耶和華。 15 但耶和華只喜愛你們的祖先,從萬族中揀選了他們的後裔——你們,正如今日的情形。 16 所以,你們要洗心革面,不可再頑固不化。 17 你們的上帝耶和華是萬神之神、萬主之主,是偉大、全能、可畏的上帝。祂不徇情面,不受賄賂; 18 祂為孤兒寡婦主持公道,關愛寄居者,供給他們衣食。 19 所以,你們要愛寄居者,因為你們也曾寄居埃及。 20 你們要敬畏你們的上帝耶和華,事奉祂,倚靠祂,憑祂的名起誓。 21 你們要讚美祂,祂是你們的上帝,你們親眼目睹了祂為你們做的偉大而可畏的事。 22 當年你們祖先下埃及時,只有七十人,現在你們的上帝耶和華使你們多如天上的星辰。

Footnotes

  1. 10·6 亞干人的井」或譯「比羅比尼·亞干」或「比尼亞干井」。

New Tablets of Stone

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

(The people of Israel (L)journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan[b] to Moserah. (M)There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. (N)From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. At that time (O)the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi (P)to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord (Q)to stand before the Lord to minister to him and (R)to bless in his name, to this day. (S)Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)

10 (T)“I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, (U)and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. 11 (V)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.’

Circumcise Your Heart

12 “And now, Israel, (W)what does the Lord your God require of you, but (X)to fear the Lord your God, (Y)to walk in all his ways, (Z)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and (AA)to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today (AB)for your good? 14 Behold, (AC)to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, (AD)the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet (AE)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. 16 Circumcise therefore (AF)the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer (AG)stubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is (AH)God of gods and (AI)Lord of lords, (AJ)the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is (AK)not partial and takes no bribe. 18 (AL)He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 (AM)Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20 (AN)You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and (AO)hold fast to him, and (AP)by his name you shall swear. 21 (AQ)He is your praise. He is your God, (AR)who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt (AS)seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you (AT)as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:4 Hebrew the ten words
  2. Deuteronomy 10:6 Or the wells of the Bene-jaakan

The Second Pair of Tablets(A)

10 “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 (B)ark of wood. And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and (C)you shall put them in the ark.’

“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. And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten [b]Commandments, (D)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. Then I turned and (E)came down from the mountain, and (F)put the tablets in the ark which I had made; (G)and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.”

(Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron (H)died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his [c]stead. (I)From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of [d]rivers of water. At that time (J)the Lord [e]separated the tribe of Levi (K)to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, (L)to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and (M)to bless in His name, to this day. (N)Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God promised him.)

10 “As at the first time, (O)I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; (P)the Lord also heard me at that time, and the Lord chose not to destroy you. 11 (Q)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.’

The Essence of the Law

12 “And now, Israel, (R)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to (S)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today (T)for your [f]good? 14 Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the (U)Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it. 15 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. 16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your (V)heart, and be (W)stiff-necked[h] no longer. 17 For the Lord your God is (X)God of gods and (Y)Lord of lords, the great God, (Z)mighty and awesome, who (AA)shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. 18 (AB)He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 19 Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 20 (AC)You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name. 21 He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen. 22 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.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:1 Cut out
  2. Deuteronomy 10:4 Lit. Words
  3. Deuteronomy 10:6 place
  4. Deuteronomy 10:7 brooks
  5. Deuteronomy 10:8 set apart
  6. Deuteronomy 10:13 benefit or welfare
  7. Deuteronomy 10:15 Lit. seed
  8. Deuteronomy 10:16 rebellious