Deuteronomy 10

New Tablets of Stone

1 "At that time the Lord said to me, l 'Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and m make an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and n you shall put them in the ark.' 3 So I made an ark o of acacia wood, and p cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. 4 And q he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments 1 r that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire s on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. 5 Then I turned and t came down from the mountain and u put the tablets in the ark that I had made. v And there they are, as the Lord commanded me."

6 (The people of Israel w journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan 2 to Moserah. x There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. 7 y From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. 8 At that time z the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi a to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord b to stand before the Lord to minister to him and c to bless in his name, to this day. 9 d Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)

10 e "I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, f and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. 11 g And the Lord said to me, 'Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.'

Circumcise Your Heart

12 "And now, Israel, h what does the Lord your God require of you, but i to fear the Lord your God, j to walk in all his ways, k to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and l to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today m for your good? 14 Behold, n to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, o the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet p the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. 16 Circumcise therefore q the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer r stubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is s God of gods and t Lord of lords, u the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is v not partial and takes no bribe. 18 w He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 x Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20 i You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and y hold fast to him, and z by his name you shall swear. 21 a He is your praise. He is your God, b who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt c seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you d as numerous as the stars of heaven.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 34:1 - 2
    The Lord said to Moses, "Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 25:10
    They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 25:16
    And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.
    Exodus 25:21
    And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 25:10
    They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
    Exodus 37:1
    Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 34:4
    So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 34:28
    So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 20:1
    And God spoke all these words, saying.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:10
    And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 34:29
    When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 40:20
    He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.
  11. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:9
    There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 33:30 - 31
    And they set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 20:28
    And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
    Numbers 33:38
    And Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor at the command of the Lord and died there, in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 33:32 - 33
    And they set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 3:6
    Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
    Numbers 8:14
    Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
    Numbers 16:9
    Is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the congregation to minister to them.
    1 Chronicles 23:13
    The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever should make offerings before the Lord and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name forever.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 4:5
    When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it.
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:12
    The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
    Deuteronomy 18:5
    For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
    Deuteronomy 18:7
    And ministers in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:5
    Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.
    Leviticus 9:22
    Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.
    Numbers 6:23 - 26
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them.
  19. Cross References
    Numbers 18:20
    And the Lord said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:18
    Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger.
    Deuteronomy 9:25
    So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you.
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:19
    For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 32:34
    But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.
    Exodus 33:1
    The Lord said to Moses, "Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your offspring I will give it.
  23. Cross References
    Micah 6:8
    He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
  24. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:2
    That you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.
    Deuteronomy 6:13
    It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
  25. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 5:33
    You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.
  26. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:5
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
  27. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:11
    You shall therefore be careful to do the commandment and the statutes and the rules that I command you today.
  28. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:24
    And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.
  29. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:27
    But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
    2 Chronicles 6:18
    But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!
    Nehemiah 9:6
    You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.
    Psalms 115:16
    The heavens are the Lord 's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.
    Isaiah 66:1
    Thus says the Lord : "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 19:5
    Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine.
    Psalms 24:1
    The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
  31. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:37
    And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power.
    Deuteronomy 7:7
    It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
  32. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:6
    And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
    Jeremiah 4:4
    Circumcise yourselves to the Lord ; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
    Acts 7:51
    You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
  33. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:6
    Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
  34. Cross References
    Joshua 22:22
    The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against the Lord, do not spare us today
    Psalms 136:2
    Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.
    Daniel 2:47
    The king answered and said to Daniel, "Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.
    Daniel 11:36
    And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods. He shall prosper till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.
  35. Cross References
    Revelation 17:14
    They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.
    Revelation 19:16
    On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
  36. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:32
    Now, therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.
    Deuteronomy 7:21
    You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
  37. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 19:7
    Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you....
    Job 34:19
    Who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards...
    Acts 10:34
    So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I un...
    Romans 2:11
    For God shows no partiality.
    Galatians 2:6
    And from those who seemed to be influential (wh...
    Ephesians 6:9
    Masters, do the same to them, and stop your thr...
    Colossians 3:25
    For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wro...
    1 Peter 1:17
    And if you call on him as Father who judges imp...
  38. Cross References
    Psalms 68:5
    Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
    Psalms 146:9
    The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
    Deuteronomy 24:17
    You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge.
    Exodus 22:22
    You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
  39. Cross References
    Exodus 22:21
    You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
    Exodus 23:9
    You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
    Leviticus 19:33 - 34
    When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
  40. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:12
    And 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, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
  41. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:22
    For if you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him.
    Deuteronomy 13:4
    You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.
    Deuteronomy 30:20
    Loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  42. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:13
    It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
  43. Cross References
    Psalms 22:3
    Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
    Psalms 109:1
    Be not silent, O God of my praise!
    Jeremiah 17:14
    Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.
  44. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:23
    And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?
    Psalms 106:21 - 22
    They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt.
  45. Cross References
    Genesis 46:27
    And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.
    Exodus 1:5
    All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
    Acts 7:14
    And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
  46. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:62
    Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God.
    Nehemiah 9:23
    You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.
    Genesis 15:5
    And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.
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