| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1"At that time the LORD said to me, 'Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself. | 1"At that time, the LORD told me, 'Chisel two tablets of stone for yourself just like the first ones, and then come up to me on the mountain. Also make for yourself a wooden chest. |
| 2'I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.' | 2I'll write on the tablets what was on the first tablets that you broke. Then place them in the wooden chest.' |
| 3"So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets of stone like the former ones, and went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. | 3So I made a chest out of acacia wood and chiseled two tablets of stones just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. |
| 4"He wrote on the tablets, like the former writing, the Ten Commandments which the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me. | 4Then the LORD inscribed on the tablets what he wrote before, that is, the Ten Commandments that the LORD declared to you on the mountain from the middle of the fire during the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. |
| 5"Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me." | 5Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets in the chest that I had made. They are there now, just as the LORD commanded me." |
| 6(Now the sons of Israel set out from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and there he was buried and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his place. | 6"The Israelis traveled from the wells of the descendants of Jaakan to Moserah. Aaron died, and he was buried there. His son Eleazar succeeded him as priest. |
| 7From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. | 7From there they moved on to Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with 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 bless in His name until this day. | 8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, to stand in the LORD's presence, to serve, and to bless his name until this day. |
| 9Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God spoke to him.) | 9That is why the descendants of Levi do not have a portion and an inheritance among their relatives. As for the LORD, he is their inheritance, just as the LORD your God told them. |
| 10"I, moreover, stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time, and the LORD listened to me that time also; the LORD was not willing to destroy you. | 10When I stood on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights as I did the first time, the LORD listened to me once again. The LORD was not willing to destroy you. |
| 11"Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, proceed on your journey ahead of the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.' | 11So the LORD told me, 'Get up and proceed to lead the people, so they may enter and take possession of the land that I promised to give their ancestors by an oath.'" |
| 12"Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, | 12"Now Israel, what does the LORD your God desire from you? Only this: fear him, walk in all his ways, love him, serve him with all your heart and in all your life, |
| 13and to keep the LORD'S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? | 13and observe his commands and statutes that I'm commanding you today for your own good. |
| 14"Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it. | 14You see, heaven—even the highest heavens—belongs to the LORD, along with the earth and all that is in it, |
| 15"Yet on your fathers did the LORD set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day. | 15yet the LORD committed himself to love your ancestors—and did so! He chose you—their descendants after them—from all the nations, as it is today. |
| 16"So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer. | 16Therefore, circumcise your heart and stop being stubborn. |
| 17"For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. | 17For the LORD your God is the God of all gods, the LORD of all lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show favoritism or take bribes. |
| 18"He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing. | 18He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing." |
| 19"So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. | 19"You are to love the foreigner, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. |
| 20"You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name. | 20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve him. Cling to him and swear by his name. |
| 21"He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen. | 21He is the one you are to praise, because he is, your God who carried out those great and awesome things for you that you witnessed. |
| 22"Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven. | 22Your ancestors went down to Egypt with 70 people, but the LORD your God has now made you as numerous as the stars in the sky." |
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