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New Tablets of Stone

¹ "At that time the Lord said to me, ^(a)‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and ^(b)make an ark of wood. ² And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and ^(c)you shall put them in the ark.' ³ So I made an ark ^(d)of acacia wood, and ^(e)cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. ⁴ And ^(f)he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments^{[a] (g)}that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire ^(h)on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. ⁵ Then I turned and ⁽ⁱ⁾came down from the mountain and ^(j)put the tablets in the ark that I had made. ^(k)And there they are, as the Lord commanded me."

⁶ (The people of Israel ^(l)journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan^[b] to Moserah. ^(m)There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. ^7 (n)From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. ⁸ At that time ^(o)the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi ^(p)to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^(q)to stand before the Lord to minister to him and ^(r)to bless in his name, to this day. ^9 (s)Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)

^10 (t)"I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, ^(u)and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. ^11 (v)And 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, ^(w)what does the Lord your God require of you, but ^(x)to fear the Lord your God, ^(y)to walk in all his ways, ^(z)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³ and ^(aa)to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today ^(ab)for your good? ¹⁴ Behold, ^(ac)to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, ^(ad)the earth with all that is in it. ¹⁵ Yet ^(ae)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 ^(af)the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer ^(ag)stubborn. ¹⁷ For the Lord your God is ^(ah)God of gods and ^(ai)Lord of lords, ^(aj)the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is ^(ak)not partial and takes no bribe. ^18 (al)He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. ^19 (am)Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ^20 (an)You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and ^(ao)hold fast to him, and ^(ap)by his name you shall swear. ^21 (aq)He is your praise. He is your God, ^(ar)who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. ²² Your fathers went down to Egypt ^(as)seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you ^(at)as numerous as the stars of heaven.