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1 At that time the Lord said to me, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden Ark.
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"At that time ADONAI said to me, 'Cut yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, come up to me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood.
2 I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you will put the new tablets in the Ark."
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I will inscribe on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to put them in the ark.'
3 So I made the Ark out of acacia wood, and I cut out two stone tablets like the first ones. Then I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
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So I made an ark of acacia-wood and cut two stone tablets like the first, then climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.
4 The Lord wrote the same things on these tablets he had written before -- the Ten Commandments that he had told you on the mountain from the fire, on the day you were gathered there. And the Lord gave them to me.
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He inscribed the tablets with the same inscription as before, the Ten Words which ADONAI proclaimed to you from the fire on the mountain the day of the assembly; and ADONAI gave them to me.
5 Then I turned and came down the mountain; I put the tablets in the Ark I had made, as the Lord had commanded, and they are still there.
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I turned, came down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made; and there they remain; as ADONAI ordered me.
6 (The people of Israel went from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. Aaron died there and was buried; his son Eleazar became priest in his place.
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"The people of Isra'el traveled from the wells of B'nei-Ya'akan to Moserah, where Aharon died and was buried; and El'azar his son took his place, serving in the office of cohen.
7 From Moserah they went to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah they went to Jotbathah, a place with streams of water.
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From there they traveled to Gudgod, and from Gudgod to Yotvatah, a region with running streams.
8 At that time the Lord chose the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord. They were to serve the Lord and to bless the people in his name, which they still do today.
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At that time ADONAI set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark for the covenant of ADONAI and to stand before ADONAI to serve him and to bless in his name, as they still do today.
9 That is why the Levites did not receive any land of their own; instead, they received the Lord himself as their gift, as the Lord your God told them.)
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This is why Levi has no share or inheritance with his brothers; ADONAI is his inheritance, as ADONAI your God had said to him.
10 I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights just like the first time, and the Lord listened to me this time also. He did not want to destroy you.
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"I stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as previously; and ADONAI listened to me that time too -ADONAI would not destroy you.
11 The Lord said to me, "Go and lead the people so that they will go in and take the land I promised their ancestors."
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Then ADONAI said to me, 'Get up, and go on your way at the head of the people, so that they can enter and take possession of the land I swore to their ancestors that I would give them.'
12 Now, Israel, this is what the Lord your God wants you to do: Respect the Lord your God, and do what he has told you to do. Love him. Serve the Lord your God with your whole being,
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"So now, Isra'el, all that ADONAI your God asks from you is to fear ADONAI your God, follow all his ways, love him and serve ADONAI your God with all your heart and all your being;
13 and obey the Lord's commands and laws that I am giving you today for your own good.
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to obey, for your own good, the mitzvot and regulations of ADONAI which I am giving you today.
14 The Lord owns the world and everything in it -- the heavens, even the highest heavens, are his.
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See, the sky, the heaven beyond the sky, the earth and everything on it all belong to ADONAI your God.
15 But the Lord cared for and loved your ancestors, and he chose you, their descendants, over all the other nations, just as it is today.
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Only ADONAI took enough pleasure in your ancestors to love them and choose their descendants after them -yourselves -above all peoples, as he still does today.
16 Give yourselves completely to serving him, and do not be stubborn any longer.
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Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart; and don't be stiffnecked any longer!
17 The Lord your God is God of all gods and Lord of all lords. He is the great God, who is strong and wonderful. He does not take sides, and he will not be talked into doing evil.
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For ADONAI your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty and awesome God, who has no favorites and accepts no bribes.
18 He helps orphans and widows, and he loves foreigners and gives them food and clothes.
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He secures justice for the orphan and the widow; he loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19 You also must love foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
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Therefore you are to love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 Respect the Lord your God and serve him. Be loyal to him and make your promises in his name.
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You are to fear ADONAI your God, serve him, cling to him and swear by his name.
21 He is the one you should praise; he is your God, who has done great and wonderful things for you, which you have seen with your own eyes.
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He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which you have seen with your own eyes.
22 There were only seventy of your ancestors when they went down to Egypt, and now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.
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Your ancestors went down into Egypt with only seventy people, but now ADONAI your God has made your numbers as many as the stars in the sky!
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.