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Deuteronomy 10
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1At that time the Lord said to me, Hew for thyself two stone tables as the first, and come up to me into the mountain, and thou shalt make for thyself an ark of wood.
1At 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.
2And thou shalt write upon the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them into the ark.
2And 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.
3So I made an ark of boards of incorruptible wood, and I hewed tables of stone like the first, and I went up to the mountain, and the two tables were in my hand.
3And 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.
4And he wrote upon the tablesaccording to the first writingthe ten commandments, which the Lord spoke to you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire, and the Lord gave them to me.
4And 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.
5And I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tables into the ark which I had made; and there they were, as the Lord commanded me.
5And 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.
6And the children of Israel departed from Beeroth of the sons of Jakim [to] Misadai: there Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son was priestin his stead.
6And 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.
7Thence they departed to Gadgad; and from Gadgad to Etebatha, a land [wherein are] torrents of water.
7From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
8At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.
8At 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.
9Therefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself [is] their inheritance, as he said to them.
9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.
10And I remained in the mountforty days and forty nights: and the Lord heard me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy you.
10And 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.
11And the Lord said to me, Go, set out before this people, and let them go in and inherit the land, which I sware to their fathers to give to them.
11And 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.
12And now, Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, and 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;
12And 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,
13to keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and his ordinances, all that I charge thee to-day, that it may be well with thee?
13To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lordthy God, the earth and all things that are in it.
14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
15Only the Lord chose your fathers to love them, and he chose out their seed after them, [even] you, beyond all nations, as at this day.
15Only 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.
16Therefore ye shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and ye shall not harden your neck.
16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
17For the Lord your God , he [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great , and strong, and terrible God, who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe:
17For 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:
18executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.
18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
19And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him , and shalt cleave to him , and shalt swear by his name.
20Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21He [is] thy boast, and he [is] thy God, who has wrought in the midst of thee these great and glorious things, which thine eyes have seen.
21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
22With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt ; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
22Thy 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.