New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996
Deuteronomy 10
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At that time the Lord spoke to me. He said, "Carve out two stone tablets, just like the first ones. Then come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden chest.
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I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you must put the tablets in the chest."
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Parallel theme
1 Kings 8:9
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So I made the ark out of acacia wood. I carved out two stone tablets that were just like the first ones. I went up the mountain. I carried the two tablets in my hands.
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The Lord wrote on the tablets what he had written before. It was the Ten Commandments. He had announced them to you out of the fire on the mountain. It was on the day you had gathered together there. So the Lord gave the tablets to me.
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Then I came back down the mountain. I put the tablets in the ark I had made, just as the Lord had commanded me. And that's where they are now.
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Remember how the people of Israel traveled from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah. That's where Aaron died. And his body was buried there. His son Eleazar became the next priest after him.
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📍 Locations
References Israel
Numbers 33:38
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From Moserah the people traveled to Gudgodah. Then they went on to Jotbathah. That land has streams of water.
📍 Gudgodah
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At that time the Lord set the tribe of Levi apart. He appointed them to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord. He wanted them to serve him. He told them to bless the people in his name. And they still do it today.
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Blessing
Deuteronomy 21:5
Leviticus 9:22
2 Chronicles 30:27
Covenant
1 Chronicles 15:26
Parallel theme
Numbers 4:15
Numbers 3:6
John 15:16
References Lord
Deuteronomy 18:5
Jeremiah 15:19
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That's why the Levites don't have any part of the land the Lord gave the other tribes in Israel. They don't have any share among them. The Lord himself is their share. That's what the Lord your God told them.
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Parallel theme
Ezekiel 44:28
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I had stayed on the mountain for 40 days and nights, just as I did the first time. The Lord listened to me that time also. He didn't want to destroy you.
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"Go," the Lord said to me. "Lead the people on their way. Then they can enter the land and take it over. I have taken an oath. I promised I would give the land to their fathers. I promised it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
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And now, Israel, what is the Lord your God asking you to do? Have respect for him. Live exactly as he wants you to live. Love him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Love
Deuteronomy 6:5
Micah 6:8
Luke 10:27
Deuteronomy 11:13
Matthew 22:37
References God
Deuteronomy 5:33
Hebrews 12:28
Deuteronomy 4:29
References Lord
Zephaniah 3:9
Psalm 34:9
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The heavens belong to the Lord your God. Even the highest heavens belong to him. He owns the earth and everything in it.
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Parallel theme
Exodus 19:5
Psalm 148:4
Psalm 50:12
References God
1 Kings 8:27
2 Chronicles 6:18
References Lord
Psalm 115:16
Psalm 24:1
Nehemiah 9:6
Isaiah 66:1
Exodus 9:29
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But the Lord loved your people very much long ago. You are their children. And he chose you above all of the other nations. His love and his promise remain with you to this very day.
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Love
Deuteronomy 4:37
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The Lord your God is the greatest God of all. He is the greatest Lord of all. He is the great God. He is mighty and wonderful. He treats everyone the same. He doesn't accept any money from those who want special favors.
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Parallel theme
Job 34:19
Ephesians 6:9
References God
Acts 10:34
Romans 2:11
Galatians 2:6
Daniel 2:47
Nehemiah 9:32
Deuteronomy 7:21
Joshua 22:22
References Lord
Revelation 19:16
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He stands up for widows and for children whose fathers have died. He loves outsiders. He gives them food and clothes.
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Judgment
Psalm 68:5
Isaiah 1:17
Psalm 103:6
Parallel theme
Psalm 146:9
Jeremiah 49:11
Psalm 145:9
Exodus 22:22
Hosea 14:3
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Have respect for the Lord your God. Serve him. Remain true to him. When you make promises, take your oaths in his name.
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References God
Deuteronomy 6:13
Deuteronomy 13:4
Deuteronomy 11:22
Luke 4:8
Psalm 63:11
Matthew 4:10
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He is the one you should praise. He's your God. With your own eyes you saw the great and wonderful miracles he did for you.
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Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.
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Parallel theme
Genesis 15:5
Acts 7:14
Nehemiah 9:23
Numbers 26:51
References Egypt
Genesis 46:27
Exodus 1:5
References God
Deuteronomy 1:10
Deuteronomy 28:62
Summary of Deuteronomy 10
Deuteronomy 10 continues Moses’ address to the Israelites about their stay at Horeb. He tells them how the covenant was renewed with them after the rebellion and the creation of the golden calf. Moses tells the people that the Lord had dealt kindly and faithfully with them even though they were unworthy. Moses also declared what the Lord required of them as they prepared to enter the promised land.
Moses begins by telling the Israelites what had occurred after the breaking of the first tablets. God had instructed him to make a pair of tablets like the first one and to cut out a wooden ark. Moses was also told to bring the tablets that he would make up the mountain. The Lord said that he would write on the tablets the words that were on the first ones and that Moses was to bring them down.
Moses made the ark of wood and cut two stone tablets, and he went back up Mount Horeb with them. The Lord wrote the ten commandments on the tablets a second time. Moses took them down and put them in the ark, where they remained.
The replacement of the old tablets with the new ones showed that although the covenant had been broken, God had not given up on Israel. The new tablets indicated that God renewed his covenant with Israel. Israel had rebelled against God and had sinned by making the golden calf. But because God is faithful and merciful, he allowed his covenant to remain in force with Israel.
Moses declared briefly about the journeys and the duties of the Levites and priests. He reminded them that Aaron had died, and that his son, Eleazar had taken over as Israel’s priest. The Levites, who brought the ark of the covenant, served before the Lord and had been set apart to minister to him and to bless his people. However, they did not inherit land like the other tribes of Israel. Instead, they received the Lord as their inheritance.
Moses went on to declare what the Lord required of Israel. He told them that the Lord had commanded them to revere the Lord their God, to do as he said and to love him and to serve him with all their heart and soul. They were also told to keep his commands and statutes.
This was a synopsis of some of the messages that had been taught to the children of Israel. It showed that they were God’s special people, and that their lives had to be patterned according to his requirements. They were to love and respect him and to serve him faithfully. They were also to obey his commands and statutes. Moses reminded them that the heaven and all that was in it, the earth and all that was in it, belonged to him. But the Lord had chosen Israel to be his own possession. They had been told that the Lord was a great and glorious God, he was the God of gods and Lord of lords.
They were to obey his commands and not to bribe or persuade him to do what was not right. He would not be partial or accept presents. Moses went on to remind them of the justice that the Lord would deal with them. He protected those who did not have parents or who were without a husband. He cared for the stranger among them by providing food and clothing. Therefore, they were to also love the stranger since they themselves had been aliens in Egypt.
Moses told them to fear the Lord, serve him and to cleave to him. He told them that their fathers had gone down to Egypt as a small group but that God had multiplied them until they had become numerous.
Deuteronomy 10 shows how Moses had been faithful to renew the covenant with Israel. But he had also been merciful to them and had allowed them to have an opportunity to be his people. The people had failed the test when they made the golden calf. They had rebelled against God by putting a idol before him. But God had been merciful and had renewed his covenant with Israel. Moses reminded the people that they must be obedient to all of God’s commands.
They must not only love him, they must obey him and serve him faithfully. They were to treat people according to God’s standards and to care for them as they would care for themselves. Moses knew that the Israelites were about to take possession of a great land and to enter a new era in their history. He believed that they must come into this new experience humbly and with a loving heart.
Moses begins by telling the Israelites what had occurred after the breaking of the first tablets. God had instructed him to make a pair of tablets like the first one and to cut out a wooden ark. Moses was also told to bring the tablets that he would make up the mountain. The Lord said that he would write on the tablets the words that were on the first ones and that Moses was to bring them down.
Moses made the ark of wood and cut two stone tablets, and he went back up Mount Horeb with them. The Lord wrote the ten commandments on the tablets a second time. Moses took them down and put them in the ark, where they remained.
The replacement of the old tablets with the new ones showed that although the covenant had been broken, God had not given up on Israel. The new tablets indicated that God renewed his covenant with Israel. Israel had rebelled against God and had sinned by making the golden calf. But because God is faithful and merciful, he allowed his covenant to remain in force with Israel.
Moses declared briefly about the journeys and the duties of the Levites and priests. He reminded them that Aaron had died, and that his son, Eleazar had taken over as Israel’s priest. The Levites, who brought the ark of the covenant, served before the Lord and had been set apart to minister to him and to bless his people. However, they did not inherit land like the other tribes of Israel. Instead, they received the Lord as their inheritance.
Moses went on to declare what the Lord required of Israel. He told them that the Lord had commanded them to revere the Lord their God, to do as he said and to love him and to serve him with all their heart and soul. They were also told to keep his commands and statutes.
This was a synopsis of some of the messages that had been taught to the children of Israel. It showed that they were God’s special people, and that their lives had to be patterned according to his requirements. They were to love and respect him and to serve him faithfully. They were also to obey his commands and statutes. Moses reminded them that the heaven and all that was in it, the earth and all that was in it, belonged to him. But the Lord had chosen Israel to be his own possession. They had been told that the Lord was a great and glorious God, he was the God of gods and Lord of lords.
They were to obey his commands and not to bribe or persuade him to do what was not right. He would not be partial or accept presents. Moses went on to remind them of the justice that the Lord would deal with them. He protected those who did not have parents or who were without a husband. He cared for the stranger among them by providing food and clothing. Therefore, they were to also love the stranger since they themselves had been aliens in Egypt.
Moses told them to fear the Lord, serve him and to cleave to him. He told them that their fathers had gone down to Egypt as a small group but that God had multiplied them until they had become numerous.
Deuteronomy 10 shows how Moses had been faithful to renew the covenant with Israel. But he had also been merciful to them and had allowed them to have an opportunity to be his people. The people had failed the test when they made the golden calf. They had rebelled against God by putting a idol before him. But God had been merciful and had renewed his covenant with Israel. Moses reminded the people that they must be obedient to all of God’s commands.
They must not only love him, they must obey him and serve him faithfully. They were to treat people according to God’s standards and to care for them as they would care for themselves. Moses knew that the Israelites were about to take possession of a great land and to enter a new era in their history. He believed that they must come into this new experience humbly and with a loving heart.