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Verse 1

At that time{H6256} Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Hew{H6458} thee two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone{H68} like unto the first,{H7223} and come up{H5927} unto me into the mount,{H2022} and make{H6213} thee an ark{H727} of wood.{H6086}

Verse 2

And I will write{H3789} on the tables{H3871} the words{H1697} that were on the first{H7223} tables{H3871} which thou brakest,{H7665} and thou shalt put{H7760} them in the ark.{H727}

Verse 3

So I made{H6213} an ark{H727} of acacia{H7848} wood,{H6086} and hewed{H6458} two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone{H68} like unto the first,{H7223} and went up{H5927} into the mount,{H2022} having the two{H8147} tables{H3871} in my hand.{H3027}

Verse 4

And he wrote{H3789} on the tables,{H3871} according to the first{H7223} writing,{H4385} the ten{H6235} commandments,{H1697} which Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto you in the mount{H2022} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire{H784} in the day{H3117} of the assembly:{H6951} and Jehovah{H3068} gave{H5414} them unto me.

Verse 5

And I turned{H6437} and came down{H3381} from the mount,{H2022} and put{H7760} the tables{H3871} in the ark{H727} which I had made;{H6213} and there they are as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} me.

Verse 6

(And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} journeyed{H5265} from Beeroth Bene-jaakan{H885} to Moserah.{H4149} There Aaron{H175} died,{H4191} and there he was buried;{H6912} and Eleazar{H499} his son{H1121} ministered in the priest's office{H3547} in his stead.

Verse 7

From thence they journeyed{H5265} unto Gudgodah;{H1412} and from Gudgodah{H1412} to Jotbathah,{H3193} a land{H776} of brooks{H5158} of water.{H4325}

Verse 8

At that time{H6256} Jehovah{H3068} set apart{H914} the tribe{H7626} of Levi,{H3878} to bear{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} to stand{H5975} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} to minister{H8334} unto him, and to bless{H1288} in his name,{H8034} unto this day.{H3117}

Verse 9

Wherefore Levi{H3878} hath no portion{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with his brethren;{H251} Jehovah{H3068} is his inheritance,{H5159} according as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} spake{H1696} unto him.)

Verse 10

And I stayed{H5975} in the mount,{H2022} as at the first{H7223} time,{H3117} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights:{H3915} and Jehovah{H3068} hearkened{H8085} unto me that time{H6471} also; Jehovah{H3068} would{H14} not destroy{H7843} thee.

Verse 11

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Arise,{H6965} take{H3212} thy journey{H4550} before{H6440} the people;{H5971} and they shall go in{H935} and possess{H3423} the land,{H776} which I sware{H7650} unto their fathers{H1} to give{H5414} unto them.

Verse 12

And now, Israel,{H3478} what doth Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} require{H7592} of thee, but to fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to walk{H3212} in all his ways,{H1870} and to love{H157} him, and to serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} with all thy heart{H3824} and with all thy soul,{H5315}

Verse 13

to keep{H8104} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah,{H3068} and his statutes,{H2708} which I command{H6680} thee this day{H3117} for thy good?{H2896}

Verse 14

Behold, unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} belongeth heaven{H8064} and the heaven{H8064} of heavens,{H8064} the earth,{H776} with all that is therein.

Verse 15

Only Jehovah{H3068} had a delight{H2836} in thy fathers{H1} to love{H157} them, and he chose{H977} their seed{H2233} after{H310} them, even you above all peoples,{H5971} as at this day.{H3117}

Verse 16

Circumcise{H4135} therefore the foreskin{H6190} of your heart,{H3824} and be no more stiffnecked.{H6203}

Verse 17

For Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} he is God{H430} of gods,{H430} and Lord{H113} of lords,{H113} the great{H1419} God,{H410} the mighty,{H1368} and the terrible,{H3372} who regardeth{H5375} not persons,{H6440} nor taketh{H3947} reward.{H7810}

Verse 18

He doth execute{H6213} justice{H4941} for the fatherless{H3490} and widow,{H490} and loveth{H157} the sojourner,{H1616} in giving{H5414} him food{H3899} and raiment.{H8071}

Verse 19

Love{H157} ye therefore the sojourner;{H1616} for ye were sojourners{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 20

Thou shalt fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} him shalt thou serve;{H5647} and to him shalt thou cleave,{H1692} and by his name{H8034} shalt thou swear.{H7650}

Verse 21

He is thy praise,{H8416} and he is thy God,{H430} that hath done{H6213} for thee these great{H1419} and terrible things,{H3372} which thine eyes{H5869} have seen.{H7200}

Verse 22

Thy fathers{H1} went down{H3381} into Egypt{H4714} with threescore and ten{H7657} persons;{H5315} and now Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath made{H7760} thee as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} for multitude.{H7230}

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