The Tablets Rewritten

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

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

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

Circumcise Your Heart

¹² “^(T)So now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God ask from you, but to ^[c]fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all His ways and ^(U)love Him, and to serve Yahweh your God with ^(V)all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³ and to keep the commandments of Yahweh and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? ¹⁴ Behold, ^(W)to Yahweh your God belong heaven and the ^[d]highest heavens, ^(X)the earth and all that is in it. ^15 (Y)Yet on your fathers did Yahweh set His affection to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day. ^16 (Z)So circumcise ^[e]your heart, and ^(AA)stiffen your neck no longer. ^17 (AB)For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the ^(AC)Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome 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 love for the sojourner by giving him food and clothing. ^19 (AG)So show love for the sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ²⁰ Yahweh your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall ^(AH)cling, and by His name ^(AI)you shall swear. ²¹ He is ^(AJ)your praise, and He is your God, who has done these great and fearsome things for you which your eyes have seen. ^22 (AK)Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, ^(AL)and now Yahweh your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.