1 (iv)“At that timeAdonaisaid to me, ‘Cut yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, come up to me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood.
2 I will inscribe on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to put them in the ark.’
3 So I made an ark of acacia-wood and cut two stone tablets like the first, then climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.
4 He inscribed the tablets with the same inscription as before, the Ten Words whichAdonaiproclaimed to you from the fire on the mountain the day of the assembly; andAdonaigave them to me.
5 I turned, came down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made; and there they remain; asAdonaiordered me.
6 “The people of Isra’el traveled from the wells of B’nei-Ya‘akan to Moserah, where Aharon died and was buried; and El‘azar his son took his place, serving in the office ofcohen.
7 From there they traveled to Gudgod, and from Gudgod to Yotvatah, a region with running streams.
8 At that timeAdonaiset apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark for the covenant ofAdonaiand to stand beforeAdonaito serve him and to bless in his name, as they still do today.
9 This is why Levi has no share or inheritance with his brothers;Adonaiis his inheritance, asAdonaiyour God had said to him.
10 “I stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as previously; andAdonailistened to me that time too —Adonaiwould not destroy you.
11 ThenAdonaisaid to me, ‘Get up, and go on your way at the head of the people, so that they can enter and take possession of the land I swore to their ancestors that I would give them.’
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12 “So now, Isra’el, all thatAdonaiyour God asks from you is to fearAdonaiyour God, follow all his ways, love him and serveAdonaiyour God with all your heart and all your being;
13 to obey, for your own good, themitzvotand regulations ofAdonaiwhich I am giving you today.
14 See, the sky, the heaven beyond the sky, the earth and everything on it all belong toAdonaiyour God.
15 OnlyAdonaitook enough pleasure in your ancestors to love them and choose their descendants after them — yourselves — above all peoples, as he still does today.
16 Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart; and don’t be stiffnecked any longer!
17 ForAdonaiyour God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty and awesome God, who has no favorites and accepts no bribes.
18 He secures justice for the orphan and the widow; he loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19 Therefore you are to love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 You are to fearAdonaiyour God, serve him, cling to him and swear by his name.
21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which you have seen with your own eyes.
22 Your ancestors went down into Egypt with only seventy people, but nowAdonaiyour God has made your numbers as many as the stars in the sky!