| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. | 1At that same time the LORD said to me, "Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark. |
| 2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.” | 2I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark." |
| 3So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. | 3So I made an ark of acacia wood and carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. |
| 4And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me, | 4The LORD then wrote on the tablets the same words, the ten commandments, which he had spoken to you at the mountain from the middle of the fire at the time of that assembly, and he gave them to me. |
| 5and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained. | 5Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made--they are still there, just as the LORD commanded me. |
| 6The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. | 6"During those days the Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar became priest in his place. |
| 7From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water. | 7From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a place of flowing streams. |
| 8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day. | 8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the LORD's covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day. |
| 9That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him. | 9Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him. |
| 10I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you. | 10As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The LORD listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you. |
| 11Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.” | 11Then he said to me, "Get up, set out leading the people so they may go and possess the land I promised to give to their ancestors." |
| 12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, | 12Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being, |
| 13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good? | 13and to keep the Lord's commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good? |
| 14Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it. | 14The heavens--indeed the highest heavens--belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it. |
| 15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day. | 15However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples--as is apparent today. |
| 16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more. | 16Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn! |
| 17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe. | 17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe, |
| 18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. | 18who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing. |
| 19So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. | 19So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. |
| 20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name. | 20Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name. |
| 21He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen. | 21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen. |
| 22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky. | 22When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky. |
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