Deuteronomy 10
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1At that time the Lord said to me: Hew thee two tables of stone like the former, and come up to me into the mount: and thou shalt make an ark of mood,
1At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
2And I will write on the tables the words that were in them, which thou brokest before, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
3And I made an ark of setim wood And when I had hewn two tables of stone like the former, I went up into the mount, having them in my hands.
3So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
4And he wrote in the tables, according as he had written before, the ten words, which the Lord spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire, when the people were assembled: and he gave them to me.
4And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
5And returning from the mount, I came down, and put the tables into the ark, that I had made, and they are there till this present, as the Lord commanded me.
5and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
6And the children of Israel removed their camp from Beroth of the children of Jacan into Mosera, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him in the priestly office.
6The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
7From thence they came to Gadgad, from which place they departed, and camped in Jetebatha, in a land of waters and torrents.
7From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.
8At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.
8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.
9That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
10And I stood in the mount, as before, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time also, and would not destroy thee.
10I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
11And he said to me: Go, and walk before the people, that they may enter, and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers that I would give them.
11Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
12And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:
12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13And keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee?
13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
14Behold heaven is the Lord’s thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and all things that are therein.
14Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
15And yet the Lord hath been closely joined to thy fathers, and loved them and chose their seed after them, that is to say, you, out of all nations, as this day it is proved.
15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.
16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
17Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, a who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.
17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
18He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.
18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
19So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him only: to him thou shalt adhere, and shalt swear by his name.
20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
21He is thy praise, and thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thy eyes have seen.
21He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
22In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.
22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
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