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The Fifth Book of Moses: Deuteronomy

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- Chapter 10 -

(Exodus 34:1–9)
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“Then Yahweh said to me, ’Cut two stone tablets like the first ones. And make a wooden chest to put them in. Then bring the tablets up to me on this mountain.
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I will write on those tablets the same words that I wrote on the first tablets, the ones that you broke. Then you can put them in the chest.’
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So I made a chest. I used wood from an acacia tree to make it. Then I cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I went up the mountain carrying the tablets.
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There Yahweh wrote on the tablets the same Ten Commandments that he had written on the first tablets. They are the commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the midst of the fire on the mountain, when they had gathered at the bottom of the mountain. Then Yahweh gave the tablets to me.
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Carrying the tablets, I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as he had commanded, I put them in the chest that I had made. And they are still there.”
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Then, from the wells that belonged to the people of Jaakan, the Israelite people traveled to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar took his place and became the high priest.
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From there, the Israelites traveled to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, which was a place that had many streams.
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At that time, Yahweh chose the tribe of Levi to carry the chest that contained the tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments, and to stand in Yahweh’s presence in the sacred tent, to offer sacrifices, and to pray for Yahweh to bless the people. They are still doing those things at the present time.
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That is the reason that the tribe of Levi did not receive any land like the other tribes did. What they received was the honor of being Yahweh’s priests, which is what he said that they should do.
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Moses continued to speak: “I stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, just like I did the first time. I prayed to Yahweh, and he answered my prayers again and said that he would not destroy your ancestors.
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Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Continue your journey, going in front of the people, to occupy the land that I solemnly promised your ancestors that I would give to you.’”

A Call to Obedience

(Joshua 24:14–28)
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“Now, you Israelite people, I will tell you what Yahweh our God says that you do. He requires you to honor him, to conduct your lives as he wants you to, to love him, and to serve him with all that you desire and all that you feel,
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and to obey all of his commandments which I am giving to you today, so they will help you.
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Do not forget that Yahweh our God owns even the sky and everything that is in it. He also owns the earth and everything that is on it.
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But although he owns all those things, Yahweh also loved your ancestors; from all the people groups on the earth he chose us, their descendants, and we are still his people.
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So you must change your inner beings and stop being stubborn.
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Yahweh our God is greater than all gods, and he is greater than all rulers. He is very powerful, more than others, and he does not accept bribes.
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He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly. He loves even foreigners who live among us Israelite people, and he gives them food and clothes.
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So you must love those foreigners too, because you were once foreigners when you were living in Egypt.
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Be sure to honor Yahweh our God and worship only him. Be faithful to him, and say that he should punish you if you do not do what you promise.
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He is the one whom you must praise. He is our God, and we have seen the great and awesome things that he has done for us.
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When our ancestors, Jacob and his family, went down to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.”
(Exodus 34:1–9)
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At that time the LORD said to me, “Cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
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I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”
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So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two stone tablets like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.
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He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me.
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I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the LORD commanded me.
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(The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his place.
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From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.
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At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
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Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God spoke to him.)
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I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD would not destroy you.
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The LORD said to me, “Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them.”

A Call to Obedience

(Joshua 24:14–28)
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Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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to keep the LORD’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?
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Behold, to the LORD your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.
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Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.
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Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
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For the LORD your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.
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He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.
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Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
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He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
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Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.