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1 At that time the Lord said to me: Hew thee two tables of stone like the former, and come up to me into the mount: and thou shalt make an ark of wood,
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At that time the Lord said to me, "Carve out two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in them, which thou brokest before, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
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I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets, which you smashed, and you shall put them in the ark."
3 And I made an ark of setim wood. And when I had hewn two tables of stone like the former, I went up into the mount, having them in my hands.
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So I made an ark of acacia wood, cut two tablets of stone like the former ones, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.
4 And he wrote in the tables, according as he had written before, the ten words, which the Lord spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire, when the people were assembled: and he gave them to me.
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Then he wrote on the tablets the same words as before, the ten commandments that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.
5 And returning from the mount, I came down, and put the tables into the ark, that I had made, and they are there till this present, as the Lord commanded me.
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So I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark that I had made; and there they are, as the Lord commanded me.
6 And the children of Israel removed their camp from Beroth, of the children of Jacan into Mosera, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him in the priestly office.
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(The Israelites journeyed from Beeroth-bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; his son Eleazar succeeded him as priest.
7 From thence they came to Gadgad, from which place they departed, and camped in Jetebatha, in a land of waters and torrents.
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From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with flowing streams.
8 At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.
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At 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 minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.
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Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance with his kindred; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God promised him.)
10 And I stood in the mount, as before, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time also, and would not destroy thee.
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I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the Lord listened to me. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you.
11 And he said to me: Go, and walk before the people, that they may enter, and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers that I would give them.
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The Lord said to me, "Get up, go on your journey at the head of the people, that they may go in and occupy the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them."
12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:
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So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 And keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee?
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and to keep the commandments of the Lord your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being.
14 Behold heaven is the Lord’s thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and all things that are therein.
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Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth with all that is in it,
15 And yet the Lord hath been closely joined to thy fathers, and loved them and chose their seed after them, that is to say, you, out of all nations, as this day it is proved.
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yet the Lord set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today.
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.
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Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.
17 Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.
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For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe,
18 He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.
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who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.
19 And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him only: to him thou shalt adhere, and shalt swear by his name.
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You shall fear the Lord your God; him alone you shall worship; to him you shall hold fast, and by his name you shall swear.
21 He is thy praise, and thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thy eyes have seen.
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He is your praise; he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen.
22 In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.
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Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.
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