New Stone Tablets (Exodus 34:1–9)
1 WBS At that time the LORD said to me, Hew thee two tables of stone like the first, and come up to me upon the mount, and make thee an ark 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 WBS And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 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 WBS And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and ascended the mount, having the two tables 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 WBS And he wrote on the tables according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you in the mount, from the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly: and the LORD 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 WBS And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD 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 WBS And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jakan to Mosira: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. 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 WBS From thence they journeyed to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. BSB BSB: From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.
8 WBS At 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. 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 WBS Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised 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 WBS And I stayed in the mount, according to the first-time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened to me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. 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 WBS And the LORD said to me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which 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.”
A Call to Obedience (Joshua 24:14–28)
12 WBS And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 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 WBS To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy 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 WBS Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belongeth to the LORD thy God, the earth also , with all that it contains. BSB BSB: Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
15 WBS Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is 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 WBS For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: 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 WBS Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers 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 WBS Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and 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 WBS He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things which thy 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 WBS Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. 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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