DEUTERONOMY 10 [†]“At that time the LORD said to me,  l ‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and  m make an ark of wood. 2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and  n you shall put them in the ark.’ 3So I made an ark  o of acacia wood, and  p cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. 4And  q he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments [1]  r that the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire  s on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. 5[†]Then I turned and  t came down from the mountain and  u put the tablets in the ark that I had made.  v And there they are, as the LORD commanded me.”

6[†](The people of Israel  w journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan [2] to Moserah.  x There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. 7 y From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. 8At that time  z the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi  a to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD  b to stand before the LORD to minister to him and  c to bless in his name, to this day. 9 d Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God said to him.)

10 e “I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights,  f and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD was unwilling to destroy you. 11[†] g 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.’

12[†]“And now, Israel,  h what does the LORD your God require of you, but  i to fear the LORD your God,  j to walk in all his ways,  k to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13and  l to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today  m for your good? 14[†]Behold,  n to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens,  o the earth with all that is in it. 15Yet  p 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  q the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer  r stubborn. 17[†]For the LORD your God is  s God of gods and  t Lord of lords,  u the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is  v not partial and takes no bribe. 18[†] w He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 x Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20[†] i You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him and  y hold fast to him, and  z by his name you shall swear. 21 a He is your praise. He is your God,  b who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. 22[†]Your fathers went down to Egypt  c seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you  d as numerous as the stars of heaven.