| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1“At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain and make yourself an ark of wood. | 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. |
| 2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; 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, hewed two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having 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. |
| 4And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the LORD had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in 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. |
| 5Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just 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 children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his stead. | 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 journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water. | 7From there they moved on to Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with flowing streams. |
| 8At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to 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 has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised 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“As at the first time, I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; the LORD also heard me at that time, and the LORD chose not 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. |
| 11Then the LORD said to me, ‘Arise, begin your journey before 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“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, 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 commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good? | 13and observe his commands and statutes that I'm commanding you today for your own good. |
| 14Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with 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, |
| 15The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, 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. |
| 16Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. | 16Therefore, circumcise your heart and stop being stubborn. |
| 17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes 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. |
| 18He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. | 18He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing." |
| 19Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. | 19"You are to love the foreigner, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. |
| 20You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name. | 20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve him. Cling to him and swear by his name. |
| 21He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things 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. |
| 22Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude. | 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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