Deuteronomy 10

New King James Version

The Second Pair of Tablets^(A)

10 “At that time theLordsaid to me,^[a]‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain and make yourself an^(B)ark of wood.² And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and^(C)you shall put them in the ark.’

³ “So I made an ark of acacia wood, hewed two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.⁴ And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten^[b]Commandments,^(D)which theLordhad spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and theLordgave them to me.⁵ Then I turned and^(E)came down from the mountain, and^(F)put the tablets in the ark which I had made;^(G)and there they are, just as theLordcommanded me.”

⁶ (Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron^(H)died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his^[c]stead.^7 (I)From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of^[d]rivers of water.⁸ At that time^(J)theLord^[e]separated the tribe of Levi^(K)to bear the ark of the covenant of theLord,^(L)to stand before theLordto minister to Him and^(M)to bless in His name, to this day.^9 (N)Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; theLordishis inheritance, just as theLordyour God promised him.)

¹⁰ “As at the first time,^(O)I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights;^(P)theLordalso heard me at that time,andtheLordchose not to destroy you.^11 (Q)Then theLordsaid to me, ‘Arise, beginyourjourney before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

The Essence of the Law

¹² “And now, Israel,^(R)what does theLordyour God require of you, but to fear theLordyour God, to walk in all His ways and to^(S)love Him, to serve theLordyour God with all your heart and with all your soul,¹³ andto keep the commandments of theLordand His statutes which I command you today^(T)for your^[f]good?¹⁴ Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the^(U)Lordyour God,alsothe earth with all thatisin it.¹⁵ TheLorddelighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their^[g]descendants after them, you above all peoples, asit isthis day.¹⁶ Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your^(V)heart, and be^(W)stiff-necked^[h]no longer.¹⁷ For theLordyour Godis^(X)God of gods and^(Y)Lord of lords, the great God,^(Z)mighty and awesome, who^(AA)shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.^18 (AB)He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.¹⁹ Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.^20 (AC)You shall fear theLordyour God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.²¹ Heisyour praise, and Heisyour God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.²² Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now theLordyour God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.