Deuteronomy 10

New Tablets of Stone

1 "At that time the Lord said to me, *Ex. 34:1,2‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and *Ex. 25:10make an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and *Ex. 25:16,21you shall put them in the ark.’ 3 So I made an ark *Ex. 25:10;37:1of acacia wood, and *Ex. 34:4cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. 4 And *Ex. 34:28he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments*10:4 Hebrew the ten words*Ex. 20:1that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire *See ch. 9:10on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. 5 Then I turned and *Ex. 34:29came down from the mountain and *Ex. 40:20put the tablets in the ark that I had made. *1 Kgs. 8:9And there they are, as the Lord commanded me."

6 (The people of Israel *Num. 33:30,31journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan*10:6 Or the wells of the Bene-jaakan to Moserah. *[Num. 20:28;33:38]There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. 7 *Num. 33:32,33From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. 8 At that time *Num. 3:6;8:14;16:9;[1 Chr. 23:13] the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi *Num. 4:5,15to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord*ch. 17:12;18:5,7to stand before the Lord to minister to him and *ch. 21:5;Lev. 9:22;See Num. 6:23-26to bless in his name, to this day. 9 *See Num. 18:20Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)

10 *ch. 9:18,25"I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, *ch. 9:19and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. 11 *Ex. 32:34;33:1And 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, *[Mic. 6:8] what does the Lord your God require of you, but *See ch. 6:2,13to fear the Lord your God, *See ch. 5:33to walk in all his ways, *See ch. 6:5to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and *ch. 7:11to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today *ch. 6:24for your good? 14 Behold, *1 Kgs. 8:27;2 Chr. 6:18;Neh. 9:6;Ps. 115:16;Isa. 66:1to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, *Ex. 19:5;Ps. 24:1the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet *ch. 4:37;[ch. 7:7]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 *ch. 30:6;Jer. 4:4;[Acts 7:51] the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer *See ch. 9:6stubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is *Josh. 22:22;Ps. 136:2;Dan. 2:47;11:36God of gods and *Rev. 17:14;19:16Lord of lords, *Neh. 9:32;See ch. 7:21the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is *2 Chr. 19:7;Job 34:19;Acts 10:34;Rom. 2:11;Gal. 2:6;Eph. 6:9;Col. 3:25;1 Pet. 1:17not partial and takes no bribe. 18 *Ps. 68:5;146:9;[ch. 24:17;Ex. 22:22]He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 *Ex. 22:21;23:9;Lev. 19:33,34Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20 *[See ver. 12above] You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and *ch. 11:22;13:4;30:20hold fast to him, and *See ch. 6:13by his name you shall swear. 21 *Ps. 22:3;109:1;Jer. 17:14He is your praise. He is your God, *2 Sam. 7:23;Ps. 106:21,22who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt *Gen. 46:27;Ex. 1:5;[Acts 7:14] seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you *ch. 28:62;Neh. 9:23;See Gen. 15:5as numerous as the stars of heaven.