Deuteronomy · Free Bible Version
Deuteronomy 10 Free Bible Version
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1 After that the Lord told me, “Cut out two stone tablets just like the first ones, make an Ark out of wood, and come up to me on the mountain.
1 At that time Yahweh said to me, “Cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
2 I will write the same words on the tablets that were on the first ones, which you broke. Then put them in the Ark.”
2 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.”
3 I made an Ark out of acacia wood, cut out two stone tablets like the first ones, and went up the mountain carrying them.
3 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.
4 The Lord wrote what he had before on the tablets, the Ten Commandments that he'd told you when he spoke from the fire on the mountain when we were all assembled there. The Lord gave them to me,
4 He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly; and Yahweh gave them to me.
5 and I went back down the mountain and put them in the Ark I'd made following the Lord's instructions. They have been there ever since.
5 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.
6 The Israelites went from the wells of the people of Jaakan to Moserah. Aaron died there and was buried, and Eleazar his son took over as priest.
6 (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.
7 From there they moved on to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land that had many streams.
7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.
8 At this time the Lord put the tribe of Levi in charge of carrying the Ark of the Lord's Agreement, as well as serving the Lord by standing in his presence, and of pronouncing blessings in his name, as they continue to do to this day.
8 At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
9 That's why the tribe of Levi has no land allowance or share among the other tribes. The Lord provides what they need, just as the Lord your God promised.
9 Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)
10 I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights as before, and during that time the Lord listened to my prayers once more and agreed not to destroy you.
10 I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights; and Yahweh listened to me that time also. Yahweh would not destroy you.
11 Then the Lord told me, “Get ready and continue your journey leading the people so they may enter and take over the land that I promised their forefathers to give them.”
11 Yahweh 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.”
12 People of Israel, what does the Lord your God want from you? He wants you to respect the Lord your God by following all his ways. He wants you to love him. He wants you to worship the Lord your God with all your mind and with all your being,
12 Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 He wants you to keep the commandments and regulations of the Lord that I am giving you today for your own good.
13 to keep Yahweh’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?
14 Look! Everything belongs to the Lord your God: the heavens, the highest heavens, and the earth and all that is there.
14 Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.
15 Yet the Lord was attracted to your forefathers and he loved them. He has also chosen you, their descendants, above any other people, even until now.
15 Only Yahweh 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.
16 Dedicate yourselves to God. Don't be stubborn and hard-hearted anymore.
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great, powerful, and awesome God. He shows no favoritism and accepts no bribes.
17 For Yahweh 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.
18 He makes sure that orphans and widows receive justice, and he loves the foreigners, providing them with food and clothing.
18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.
19 You too must love the foreigner because you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.
19 Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 You must respect the Lord your God and worship him. Hold onto him and make your promises in his name.
20 You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
21 He is the one you should praise and he is your God, who has carried out for you these incredible and awesome miracles that you've seen with your own eyes.
21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
22 When your forefathers went to Egypt there were only seventy of them in total, but now God has increased your numbers so much that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.
22 Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 34:1–2; Exodus 25:10–15; Hebrews 9:4; Exodus 34:4; Deuteronomy 10:3–4
- 2 1 Kings 8:9; Exodus 25:16–22; Exodus 40:20; Hebrews 9:4; Deuteronomy 4:13
- 3 Exodus 34:4; Exodus 37:1–9; Exodus 25:10; Exodus 25:5; Deuteronomy 10:1
- 4 Deuteronomy 9:10; Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:11–15; Hebrews 12:18–19; Deuteronomy 18:16
- 5 Exodus 40:20; Exodus 34:29; Deuteronomy 10:2; 1 Kings 8:8–9; Exodus 32:15
- 6 Numbers 33:38; Numbers 20:23–28; Numbers 33:30–33; Numbers 33:1–2; Numbers 10:12–13
- 7 Numbers 33:32–34
- 8 Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 18:5; Numbers 6:23–26; Numbers 3:6; Numbers 4:15
- 9 Ezekiel 44:28; Numbers 18:20–24; Deuteronomy 18:1–2; Numbers 26:62; Joshua 14:3
- 10 Deuteronomy 9:25; Deuteronomy 9:18–19; Exodus 34:28; Exodus 32:33–34; Exodus 33:17
- 11 Exodus 33:1; Exodus 32:34
- 12 Micah 6:8; Deuteronomy 6:5; Luke 10:27; Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 11:13
- 13 Jeremiah 32:39; Deuteronomy 6:24; James 1:25
- 14 Exodus 19:5; Psalm 24:1; Psalm 115:16; Nehemiah 9:6; 1 Kings 8:27
- 15 Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 7:7–8; Numbers 14:8; Romans 9:13–23
- 16 Jeremiah 4:4; Deuteronomy 30:6; Leviticus 26:41; Colossians 2:11; Romans 2:28–29
- 17 Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Daniel 2:47; Job 34:19; Galatians 2:6
- 18 Psalm 146:9; Psalm 68:5; Jeremiah 49:11; Isaiah 1:17; Psalm 145:9
- 19 Leviticus 19:33–34; Exodus 22:21; James 2:15–16; 1 John 3:17–18; Galatians 6:10
- 20 Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 13:4; Luke 4:8; Deuteronomy 11:22; Matthew 4:10
- 21 Jeremiah 17:14; Exodus 15:2; Revelation 21:23; 2 Samuel 7:23; Psalm 22:3
- 22 Genesis 46:27; Exodus 1:5; Genesis 15:5; Deuteronomy 1:10; Nehemiah 9:23
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