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Die neuen Gesetzestafeln

10 Zu jener Zeit sprach der Herr zu mir: Haue dir zwei steinerne Tafeln aus, so wie die ersten waren, und steige zu mir auf den Berg und mache dir eine hölzerne Lade,

so will ich auf die Tafeln die Worte schreiben, die auf den ersten Tafeln waren, die du zerbrochen hast, und du sollst sie in die Lade legen!

So machte ich eine Lade aus Akazienholz und hieb zwei steinerne Tafeln aus, wie die ersten waren, und stieg auf den Berg, und die zwei Tafeln waren in meinen Händen.

Da schrieb er auf die Tafeln entsprechend der ersten Schrift die zehn Worte, die der Herr zu euch auf dem Berg gesprochen hatte, mitten aus dem Feuer, am Tag der Versammlung. Und der Herr gab sie mir.

Und ich wandte mich und stieg vom Berg herab; und ich legte die Tafeln in die Lade, die ich gemacht hatte; und sie blieben dort, wie der Herr es mir geboten hatte.

Und die Kinder Israels brachen auf von Beerot-Bene-Jaakan nach Mosera; dort starb Aaron, und er wurde dort begraben, und sein Sohn Eleasar wurde Priester an seiner Stelle.

Von dort brachen sie auf nach Gudgodah, und von Gudgodah nach Jotbatah, in ein Land, in dem es Wasserbäche gibt.

Zu jener Zeit sonderte der Herr den Stamm Levi dazu aus, die Lade des Bundes des Herrn zu tragen, vor dem Herrn zu stehen, ihm zu dienen und in seinem Namen zu segnen, bis zu diesem Tag.

Darum hat Levi weder Anteil noch Erbe mit seinen Brüdern; denn der Herr ist ihr Erbteil, wie der Herr, dein Gott, es ihm verheißen hat.

10 Ich aber stand auf dem Berg wie an den vorherigen Tagen, 40 Tage und 40 Nächte lang, und der Herr erhörte mich auch diesmal, und der Herr wollte dich nicht verderben.

11 Der Herr aber sprach zu mir: Mache dich auf und gehe hin, um vor dem Volk herzuziehen, damit sie hineinkommen und das Land in Besitz nehmen, von dem ich ihren Vätern geschworen habe, dass ich es ihnen geben werde.

Aufforderung zu Gottesfurcht und Gehorsam

12 Und nun, Israel, was fordert der Herr, dein Gott, von dir, als nur, dass du den Herrn, deinen Gott, fürchtest, dass du in allen seinen Wegen wandelst und ihn liebst und dem Herrn, deinem Gott, dienst mit deinem ganzen Herzen und deiner ganzen Seele,

13 indem du die Gebote des Herrn und seine Satzungen hältst, die ich dir heute gebiete, zum Besten für dich selbst?

14 Siehe, der Himmel und aller Himmel Himmel und die Erde und alles, was in ihr ist, gehört dem Herrn, deinem Gott;

15 dennoch hat der Herr allein deinen Vätern sein Herz zugewandt, dass er sie liebte; und er hat ihren Samen nach ihnen aus allen Völkern erwählt, nämlich euch, wie es heute der Fall ist.

16 So beschneidet nun die Vorhaut eures Herzens und seid nicht mehr halsstarrig!

17 Denn der Herr, euer Gott, Er ist der Gott der Götter und der Herr der Herren, der große, mächtige und furchtgebietende Gott, der die Person nicht ansieht und kein Bestechungsgeschenk annimmt,

18 der der Waise und der Witwe Recht schafft und den Fremdling lieb hat, sodass er ihm Speise und Kleidung gibt.

19 Und auch ihr sollt den Fremdling lieben, denn ihr seid ebenfalls Fremdlinge gewesen im Land Ägypten.

20 Du sollst den Herrn, deinen Gott, fürchten; ihm sollst du dienen, ihm sollst du anhängen[a] und bei seinem Namen schwören.

21 Er ist dein Ruhm, und er ist dein Gott, der bei dir diese großen und furchtgebietenden Dinge getan hat, die deine Augen gesehen haben.

22 Deine Väter zogen nach Ägypten hinab mit 70 Seelen, aber nun hat dich der Herr, dein Gott, so zahlreich gemacht wie die Sterne am Himmel!

Footnotes

  1. (10,20) w. ankleben (vgl. dasselbe Wort in 1Mo 2,24).

Tablets Like the First Ones

10 At that time the Lord said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets(A) like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.[a] 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.”(B)

So I made the ark out of acacia wood(C) and chiseled(D) out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. The Lord wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments(E) he had proclaimed(F) to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.(G) And the Lord gave them to me. Then I came back down the mountain(H) and put the tablets in the ark(I) I had made,(J) as the Lord commanded me, and they are there now.(K)

(The Israelites traveled from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah.(L) There Aaron died(M) and was buried, and Eleazar(N) his son succeeded him as priest.(O) From there they traveled to Gudgodah and on to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.(P) At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi(Q) to carry the ark of the covenant(R) of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister(S) and to pronounce blessings(T) in his name, as they still do today.(U) That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,(V) 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.(W) 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(X) but to fear(Y) the Lord your God, to walk(Z) in obedience to him, to love him,(AA) to serve the Lord(AB) your God with all your heart(AC) and with all your soul,(AD) 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands(AE) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?(AF)

14 To the Lord your God belong the heavens,(AG) even the highest heavens,(AH) the earth and everything in it.(AI) 15 Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved(AJ) them, and he chose you,(AK) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.(AL) 16 Circumcise(AM) your hearts,(AN) therefore, and do not be stiff-necked(AO) any longer. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods(AP) and Lord of lords,(AQ) the great God, mighty and awesome,(AR) who shows no partiality(AS) and accepts no bribes.(AT) 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,(AU) and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.(AV) 19 And you are to love(AW) those who are foreigners,(AX) for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.(AY) 20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him.(AZ) Hold fast(BA) to him and take your oaths in his name.(BB) 21 He is the one you praise;(BC) he is your God, who performed for you those great(BD) and awesome wonders(BE) you saw with your own eyes. 22 Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,(BF) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:1 That is, a chest

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