Deuteronômio 10

¹ In the same time the Lord said vnto me, Hewe thee two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the Mount, and make thee an Arke of wood,

² And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.

³ And I made an ark [of]Which is a wood of long endurance.shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

⁴ And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of theWhen you were assembled to receive the Law.assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

⁵ And I departed, and came downe from the Mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I had made: and there they be, as the Lorde commanded me.

⁶ And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan toThis mountain was also called Hor, (Num_20:28).Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

⁷ From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Iotbath a land of running waters.

⁸ 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 toThat is, to offer sacrifice, and to declare the Law to the people.minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

⁹ Wherefore Levi hath no part norSo God turned the curse of Jacob to a blessing (Gen_49:7).inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

¹⁰ And I taried in the mount, as at ye first time, fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and the Lorde heard me at that time also, and the Lorde would not destroy thee.

¹¹ But the Lord said vnto me, Arise, goe forth in the iourney before the people, that they may goe in and possesse the land, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue vnto them.

¹² And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy GodFor all our sins and transgressions God requires nothing but to turn to him and obey him.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,

¹³ That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth?

¹⁴ Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.

¹⁵ Although he was Lord of heaven and earth, he chose no one but you.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.

¹⁶ Cut off all your evil affections, (Jer_4:4).Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lordes, a great God, mightie and terrible, which accepteth no persons nor taketh reward:

¹⁸ Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, & loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.

¹⁹ Loue ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

²⁰ Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, andRead (Deu_6:13).swear by his name.

²¹ He is thy praise, and hee is thy God, that hath done for thee these great & terrible things, which thine eyes haue seene.

²² Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude.