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aAt that time Jehovah said to me, Cut for yourself two tablets of
bstone like the first ones, and come up to Me on the mountain; and make yourself an
cark of wood.
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And I will write upon the tablets the words which were on the first tablets, which you shattered; and you shall
aplace them in the Ark.
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So I made an ark of acacia wood and
acut two tablets of stone like the first ones; and I went up to the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.
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aAnd He wrote upon the tablets as
He had done the first writing, the ten
1commandments, which Jehovah spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and Jehovah gave them to me.
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aThen I turned and came down from the mountain, and I placed the
btablets in the Ark that I had made. And there they have been, as Jehovah commanded me.
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(And the children of Israel set out from
1aBeeroth Bene-jaakan for Moserah. There Aaron
bdied, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son served as priest in his place.
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From there they set out for Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of waterbrooks.
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At that time Jehovah
aseparated the tribe of Levi to bear the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah, to
bstand before Jehovah to minister to Him and bless in His name until this day.
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Therefore Levi has
1no portion nor
ainheritance with his brothers;
1Jehovah is his inheritance, as Jehovah your God promised him.)
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And I stayed on the mountain, as
I had the first time,
aforty days and forty nights. And Jehovah listened to me in that instance as well; Jehovah would not destroy you.
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And Jehovah said to me,
aArise, take up the journey before the people so that they may enter and possess the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give them.
14.
Moses' charging the children of Israel concerning nine matters
10:12-22
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And now, O Israel, what does Jehovah your God ask of you except that you
afear Jehovah your God so that you would
bwalk in all His
1ways and
2clove Him and serve Jehovah your God with all your
3heart and with all your soul;
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So that you would keep the commandments of Jehovah and His statutes, which I am commanding you today, for your good.
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Behold,
aheaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah your God, the
bearth and all that is in it.
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But on your fathers Jehovah set His
aaffection to love them and to choose their seed after them,
that is, you above all the peoples, as
it is this day.
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Circumcise then the foreskin of your
aheart, and do not be
bstiff-necked any longer;
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For it is Jehovah your God who is the
aGod of gods and the
bLord of lords, the great God,
cmighty and awesome, who does
dnot regard persons and does not take bribes;
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He executes justice for the
aorphan and the widow, and He loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
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Therefore love the
asojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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aYou shall fear Jehovah your God; Him shall you serve and to Him shall you
bhold fast and by His name shall you swear.
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He is your
apraise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you, which your eyes have seen.
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Your fathers went down into Egypt as
aseventy souls; and now Jehovah your God has made you as the
bstars of heaven in multitude.