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The Tablets Rewritten

¹ "At that time the LORD said to me, '^(C1)Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and ^(C2)make an ark (chest) of wood for yourself.² '^(C1)I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you shattered, and ^(C2)you shall put them in the ark.'³ "So ^(C1)I made an ark of acacia wood and ^(C2)cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain ^(F1)with the two tablets in my hand.⁴ "The LORD wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, ^(C1)the Ten ^(F1)Commandments ^(C2)which the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire ^(C3)on the day of the assembly; then the LORD gave them to me.⁵ "Then I turned and ^(C1)came down from the mountain and ^(C2)put the tablets in the ark which I had made; ^(C3)and they are there, just as the LORD commanded me."

⁶ (Now the sons of Israel traveled from the wells of the sons of ^(C1)Jaakan to Moserah. ^(C2)There Aaron died and there he was buried and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his place.^7 (C1)From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.^8 (C1)At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD ^(C2)to serve Him and to bless in His name until this day.^9 (C1)Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance of tribal land with his brothers; ^(F1)the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God ^(F2)has promised him.)

¹⁰ "And ^(C1)I stayed on the mountain, like the first time, forty days and nights, and the LORD listened to me at that time also; the LORD was not willing to destroy you.¹¹ "Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go on your journey ahead of the people, so that they may go in and take possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them.'

¹² "^(C1)And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear and worship the LORD your God with awe-filled reverence and profound respect, to walk that is, to live each and every day in all His ways and to ^(C2)love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with ^(C3)all your heart and with all your soul your choices, your thoughts, your whole being,¹³ and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?¹⁴ "Behold, the heavens and the highest of heavens belong ^(C1)to the LORD your God, ^(C2)the earth and all that is in it.¹⁵ "^(C1)Yet the LORD ^(F1)had a delight in loving your fathers and set His affection on them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.¹⁶ "^(C1)So circumcise that is, remove sin from your heart, and be ^(C2)stiff-necked (stubborn, obstinate) no longer.¹⁷ "^(C1)For the LORD your ^(F1)God is the God of gods and the ^(C2)Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, the awesome God ^(C3)who does not show ^(F2)partiality nor ^(C4)take a bribe.¹⁸ "He ^(F1)executes justice for the ^(C1)orphan and the widow, and ^(F2)shows His love for the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) by giving him food and clothing.¹⁹ "^(C1)Therefore, show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.²⁰ "You shall fear and worship the LORD your God with awe-filled reverence and profound respect; you shall serve Him and ^(C1)cling to Him hold tightly to Him, be united with Him, and ^(C2)you shall swear oaths by His name.²¹ "He is ^(C1)your praise and glory; He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which you have seen with your own eyes.²² "^(C1)Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy persons in all, ^(C2)and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.