The Inheritance for Benjamin

¹¹ The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph.

The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

16 The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, ^(A)into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. ² Then ^(B)going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites. ³ Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower ^(C)Beth-horon, then to ^(D)Gezer, and it ends at the sea.

^4 (E)The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

⁵ The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was ^(F)Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, ⁶ and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is ^(G)Michmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, ⁷ then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and ^(H)to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. ⁸ From ^(I)Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans, ⁹ together with ^(J)the towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. ¹⁰ However, ^(K)they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made ^(L)to do forced labor.

The Allotment for Judah

15 The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward ^(A)to the boundary of Edom, to ^(B)the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south. ² And their south boundary ran from the end of the ^(C)Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. ³ It goes out southward of ^(D)the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka, ⁴ passes along to Azmon, goes out by ^(E)the Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary. ⁵ And the east boundary is the ^(F)Salt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. ⁶ And the boundary goes up to ^(G)Beth-hoglah and passes along north of ^(H)Beth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to ^(I)the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. ⁷ And the boundary goes up to Debir from ^(J)the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite ^(K)the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of ^(L)En-shemesh and ends at ^(M)En-rogel. ⁸ Then the boundary goes up by ^(N)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite (^(O)that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley ^(P)of Rephaim.

¹² “If you hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you to dwell there,

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. ² 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.’ ³ 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. ⁴ 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. ⁵ 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.”

⁶ (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. ^7 (N)From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. ⁸ 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. ^9 (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.