| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 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. | 1“At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain, |
| 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.” | 2and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in 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. | 3“So I made an Ark of acacia wood and cut two stone tablets like the first two. Then I went up the mountain with the tablets in my hand. |
| 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, | 4Once again the LORD wrote the Ten Commandments on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the LORD had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain. |
| 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 and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the LORD commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark.” |
| 6The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. | 6(The people of Israel set out from the wells of the people of Jaakan and traveled to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried. His son Eleazar ministered as high priest in his place. |
| 7From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water. | 7Then they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, a land with many brooks and 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, and to stand before the LORD as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this 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. | 9That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The LORD himself is their special possession, as the LORD your God told them.) |
| 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. | 10“As for me, I stayed on the mountain in the LORD’s presence for forty days and nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the LORD listened to my pleas and agreed 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 the LORD said to me, ‘Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.’ A Call to Love and Obedience |
| 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, | 12“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. |
| 13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good? | 13And you must always obey the LORD’s commands and decrees 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. | 14“Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the LORD your God. |
| 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. | 15Yet the LORD chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above all other nations, as is evident today. |
| 16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more. | 16Therefore, change your hearts and stop being 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. | 17“For the LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed. |
| 18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. | 18He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. |
| 19So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. | 19So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once 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. | 20You must fear the LORD your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone. |
| 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 alone is your God, the only one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done these mighty miracles that you have seen with your own eyes. |
| 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 into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky! |
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