1 GLT At that time Yahweh said to me,‘Carve for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make for yourself a box of wood. BSB BSB: At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
2 GLT And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the box.’ BSB BSB: And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
3 GLT And I made a box of acacia wood, and I carved two tablets of stone like the first, and I went up the mountain, and the two tablets{ were} in my hand. BSB BSB: So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
4 GLT And he wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten Words which Yahweh had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And Yahweh gave them to me. BSB BSB: And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
5 GLT And I turned and descended from the mountain and put the tablets in the box that I had made. And there they are, as Yahweh commanded me.” BSB BSB: and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
6 GLT (And the sons of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And Eleazar, his son, was priest in his place. BSB BSB: The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
7 GLT From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water. BSB BSB: From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.
8 GLT At that time Yahweh separated the tribe of Levi to carry the box of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before the face of Yahweh to serve him, and to bless in his name, until this day. BSB BSB: 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 serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
9 GLT Therefore, Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers. Yahweh is his inheritance, as Yahweh your God spoke to him.) BSB BSB: That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
10 GLT “And I stood on the mountain as the first days, 40 days and 40 nights. And Yahweh listened to me that time also. Yahweh was not willing to destroy you. BSB BSB: I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
11 GLT And Yahweh said to me,‘Get up, go before the faces of the people to journey. And they will go in and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.’ BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
12 GLT And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God ask from you except to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways and to love him and to worship Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your spirit, BSB BSB: And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 GLT to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes, which I am commanding you today for your good? BSB BSB: and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
14 GLT Behold, to Yahweh your God belong the heavens and the heaven of heavens, the earth, and all that{ is} in it. BSB BSB: Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
15 GLT Only Yahweh took pleasure in your fathers to love them, and he chose you, their seed, after them, from all of the peoples, as this day. BSB BSB: Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
17 GLT For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty one and the fearsome one, who does not lift up a face and does not take a bribe. BSB BSB: For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
19 GLT And you shall love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. BSB BSB: So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 GLT You shall fear Yahweh your God, you shall serve him, and you shall cling to him and you shall swear by his name. BSB BSB: You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
21 GLT He{ is} your praise, and he{ is} your God, who has done for you these great and fearsome things, which your eyes have seen. BSB BSB: He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
22 GLT Your fathers went down into Egypt as 70 souls. And now, Yahweh your God has made you like the stars of the heavens in number. BSB BSB: Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
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