Deuteronomy 10
New Living Translation
A New Copy of the Covenant
10 “At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain, 2 and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the Ark.’
3 “So I made an Ark of acacia wood and cut two stone tablets like the first two. Then I went up the mountain with the tablets in my hand. 4 Once again the Lord wrote the Ten Commandments[a] on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the Lord had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain. 5 Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the Lord commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark.”
6 (The people of Israel set out from the wells of the people of Jaakan[b] and traveled to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried. His son Eleazar ministered as high priest in his place. 7 Then they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, a land with many brooks and streams. 8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to stand before the Lord as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day. 9 That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The Lord himself is their special possession, as the Lord your God told them.)
10 “As for me, I stayed on the mountain in the Lord’s presence for forty days and nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the Lord listened to my pleas and agreed not to destroy you. 11 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.’
A Call to Love and Obedience
12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. 13 And you must always obey the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
14 “Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God. 15 Yet the Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above all other nations, as is evident today. 16 Therefore, change your hearts[c] and stop being stubborn.
17 “For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed. 18 He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. 19 So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. 20 You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone. 21 He alone is your God, the only one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done these mighty miracles that you have seen with your own eyes. 22 When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!
5 Mose 10
Schlachter 1951
Die neuen Gesetzestafeln
10 Zu derselben Zeit sprach der Herr zu mir: Haue dir zwei steinerne Tafeln, wie die ersten waren, und steige zu mir auf den Berg und mache dir eine hölzerne Lade, 2 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.
3 Also machte ich eine Lade von Akazienholz und hieb zwei steinerne Tafeln, wie die ersten waren, und stieg auf den Berg, und die zwei Tafeln waren in meinen Händen. 4 Da schrieb er auf die Tafeln in gleicher Schrift, wie die erste war, die zehn Worte, die der Herr zu euch aus dem Feuer heraus auf dem Berge, am Tage der Versammlung gesprochen hatte. Und der Herr gab sie mir. 5 Und ich wandte mich und stieg vom Berge herab und legte die Tafeln in die Lade, die ich gemacht hatte; und sie blieben daselbst, wie der Herr mir geboten hatte.
6 (Aber die Kinder Israel zogen aus von Beerot-Bene-Jaakan gen Mosera; daselbst starb Aaron und ist daselbst begraben und sein Sohn Eleasar ward Priester an seiner Statt. 7 Von dannen zogen sie aus gen Gudgodah, und von Gudgodah gen Jothbatah, in ein Land, wo Wasserbäche sind.) 8 Zu jener Zeit sonderte der Herr den Stamm Levi aus, um die Lade des Bundes des Herrn zu tragen, vor dem Herrn zu stehen, ihm zu dienen und in seinem Namen zu segnen, bis auf diesen Tag. 9 Darum haben die Leviten kein Teil noch Erbe mit ihren Brüdern; denn der Herr ist ihr Erbteil, wie der Herr, dein Gott, ihnen versprochen hat. -
10 Ich aber stand auf dem Berge wie zuvor, vierzig Tage und vierzig 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, daß du vor dem Volk herziehest, daß sie hineinkommen und das Land einnehmen, 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, denn daß du den Herrn, deinen Gott, fürchtest, daß du in allen seinen Wegen wandelst und ihn liebest und dem Herrn, deinem Gott, dienest mit deinem ganzen Herzen und deiner ganzen Seele, 13 daß du die Gebote des Herrn beobachtest, und seine Satzungen, die ich dir heute gebiete, zum Besten für dich selbst?
14 Siehe, der Himmel und aller Himmel Himmel und die Erde und alles, was darinnen ist, gehört dem Herrn, deinem Gott; 15 dennoch hat der Herr allein zu deinen Vätern Lust gehabt, daß er sie liebte; und er hat ihren Samen erwählt nach ihnen, nämlich euch, aus allen Völkern, wie es heute der Fall ist. 16 So beschneidet nun die Vorhaut eures Herzens und seid forthin nicht halsstarrig! 17 Denn der Herr, euer Gott, ist der Gott aller Götter und der Herr aller Herren, der große, mächtige und schreckliche Gott, der keiner Person achtet und keine Gaben nimmt. 18 Der da Recht schafft dem Waislein und der Witwe und die Fremdlinge lieb hat, daß er ihnen Speise und Kleider gebe.
19 Und auch ihr sollt die Fremdlinge lieben, denn ihr seid auch Fremdlinge gewesen in Ägyptenland. 20 Du sollst den Herrn, deinen Gott, fürchten; ihm sollst du dienen, ihm sollst du anhangen und bei seinem Namen schwören. 21 Er ist dein Lob, und Er ist dein Gott, der bei dir solch große und schreckliche Dinge getan, welche deine Augen gesehen haben. 22 Deine Väter zogen nach Ägypten hinab mit siebzig Seelen, aber nun hat dich der Herr, dein Gott, so zahlreich gemacht wie die Sterne am Himmel!
Deuteronomy 10
King James Version
10 At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.
5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.
6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
8 At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.
10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee.
11 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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