10:1 At that same time the LORD said to me, “Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first and ascend the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark. 10:2 I will write on the tablets the same words¹ that were on the first tablets that you broke and you must put them into the ark.” 10:3 So I made an ark of shittim² wood and carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I ascended the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. 10:4 The LORD³ then wrote on the tablets the identical writing⁴ of the first tablets, the ten commandments,⁵ which he⁶ had spoken to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that convocation, and he⁷ gave them to me. 10:5 Then I turned, descended the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made—they are still there just as the LORD commanded me.

10:6 During those days⁸ Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan⁹ to Moserah.¹⁰ There Aaron died and was buried and his son Eleazar was made priest in his place. 10:7 From there they went to Gudgodah,¹¹ and from Gudgodah to Jotbahtah,¹²

a place of wadis. 10:8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi¹³ to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to render blessing¹⁴ in his name, as to this very day. 10:9 Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance¹⁵ among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance³⁹⁴ just as the LORD your God told him. 10:10 As for me, I stayed at the mountain as at the first time, forty days and forty nights. The LORD listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you. 10:11 Then he¹⁶ said to me, “Get up, set out before the people, and go and possess the land I promised to give to your ancestors.”

10:12 Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear him,¹⁷ to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve him¹⁸ with all your mind¹⁹ and being? 10:13 Keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am commanding you today for your own good. 10:14 The heavens, indeed the highest heavens,²⁰ belong to the LORD your God as does the earth and everything in it. 10:15 However, only your ancestors did he²¹ decide²² to select,²³ and he chose their descendants after them, even you, from all peoples as is apparent today. 10:16 Therefore, cleanse²⁴ your heart and stop being so stiff-necked. 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God and awesome warrior who is unbiased²⁵ and takes no bribe, 10:18 who acts justly toward orphan and widow, and who loves aliens, giving them food and clothing. 10:19 You, therefore, love the alien because you were aliens in the land of Egypt. 10:20 Revere the LORD your God, serve him, cleave to him and take oaths only in his name. 10:21 He is the object of your praise and your God, the one who has done for you these great and awesome things that you²⁶ have seen. 10:22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt as only seventy people but now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.