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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 two, and come up to Me on the mountain, and ^(C2)make an ^(F1)ark of wood for yourself.² 'Then ^(C1)I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed to pieces, 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 two, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.⁴ "Then He 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; and the LORD gave them to me.⁵ "Then I turned and ^(C1)came down from the mountain, and I ^(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 set out from ^(F1)Beeroth ^(C1)Bene-jaakan to Moserah. ^(C2)There Aaron died and there he was buried, and his son Eleazar served as priest in his place.^7 (C1)From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water.^8 (C1)At that time the LORD singled out 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 with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God spoke to him.)

¹⁰ "^(C1)I, moreover, stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights like the first time, and the LORD listened to me that time also; the LORD was not willing to destroy you.¹¹ "Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, proceed 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 them.'

¹² "^(C1)And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to ^(F1)fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and ^(C2)love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with ^(C3)all your heart and with all your soul,¹³ and to keep the LORD'S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?¹⁴ "Behold, ^(C1)to the LORD your God belong heaven and the ^(F1)highest heavens, ^(C2)the earth and all that is in it.¹⁵ "^(C1)Yet the LORD set His affection on your fathers, to love them, and He chose their ^(F1)descendants after them, you over all the other peoples, as it is this day.¹⁶ "^(C1)So circumcise ^(F1)your heart, and do not ^(C2)stiffen your neck any longer.¹⁷ "^(C1)For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the ^(C2)Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, ^(C3)who does not show partiality, nor ^(C4)take a bribe.¹⁸ "He executes justice for ^(C1)the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing.¹⁹ "^(C1)So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.²⁰ "You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and ^(C1)cling to Him, and ^(C2)you shall swear by His name.²¹ "He is ^(C1)your glory and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.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.