Deuteronomy 10

At that time God said to me, ‘Carve for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make for yourself a box of wood.

And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the box.’ \*

And I made a box of acacia wood, and I carved two tablets of stone like the first, and I went up the mountain, and the two tablets {were} in my hand.

And he wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten Words which God had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And God gave them to me. \*

And I turned and descended from the mountain and put the tablets in the box that I had made. And there they are, as God commanded me.” \*

(And the sons of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And Eleazar, his son, was priest in his place.

From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water. \*

At that time God separated the tribe of Levi to carry the box of the covenant of God, to stand to the face of God to serve him, and to bless in his name, until this day.

Therefore, Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers. God, he is his inheritance, as God your God spoke to him.) \*

“And I, I stood on the mountain as the first days, 40 days and 40 nights. And God listened to me that time also. God was not willing to destroy you.

And God said to me, ‘Get up, go on {your} journey to the faces of the people. And they will go in and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.’ \*

And now, Israel, what does God your God ask from you except to fear God your God, to walk in all his paths and to love him and to worship God your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

to keep the commandments of God and his statutes, which I am commanding you today for your good? \*

Behold, to God your God belong the heavens and the heaven of heavens, the earth, and all that {is} in it.

Only God took pleasure in your fathers to love them, and he chose you, their seed, after them, from all of the peoples, as this day. \*

And you shall circumcise the foreskin of your hearts, and do not stiffen your necks anymore.

For God your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty one and the fearsome one, who does not lift up a face and does not take a bribe. \*

He makes a judgment {for} the fatherless and widow, and he loves a foreigner, giving to him bread and clothing.

And you shall love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. \*

God your God you shall fear, him you shall serve, and to him you shall cling, and by his name you shall swear.

He {is} your praise, and he {is} your God, who has done for you these great and fearsome things, which your eyes have seen. \*

Your fathers went down into Egypt as 70 souls. And now, God your God has made you like the stars of the heavens in number. \*