Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 10

1At that time theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֧ר'a.MarH559untomeH413, Hew theetwoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147tables ofstoneאֲבָנִים֙'a.va.NimH68like unto thefirstכָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםka.Ri.sho.NimH7223, andcomeוַעֲלֵ֥הva.'a.LehH5927upH5927untomeH413intoH413themountהָהָ֑רָהha.Ha.rahH2022, andmakeוְעָשִׂ֥יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213thee anarkאֲר֥וֹן'a.RonH727ofwoodעֵֽץ׃'EtzH6086.

2And I willwriteוְאֶכְתֹּב֙ve.'ekh.ToH3789on the tables thewordsהַדְּבָרִ֔יםha.de.va.RimH1697that were on thefirstהָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223tableswhichH834thou brakest, and thou shaltputוְשַׂמְתָּ֖םve.sam.TamH7760them in thearkבָּאָרֽוֹן׃ba.'a.RonH727.

3SoH6213ImadeH6213anarkאֲרוֹן֙'a.rOnH727ofacaciaשִׁטִּ֔יםshi.TimH7848woodעֲצֵ֣י'a.TzeiH6086, and hewedtwoשְׁנֵי־she.nei-H8147tables ofstoneאֲבָנִ֖ים'a.va.NimH68like unto thefirstכָּרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםka.ri.sho.NimH7223, andwentH5927upH5927intoH3027themountהָהָ֔רָהha.Ha.rahH2022, having thetwoוּשְׁנֵ֥יu.she.NeiH8147tables in minehandבְּיָדִֽי׃be.ya.DiH3027.

4And hewroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֨בvai.yikh.ToH3789on the tables,accordingH5921to thefirstהָרִאשׁ֗וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223writingכַּמִּכְתָּ֣בka.mikh.TavH4385, thetenעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת'a.Se.retH6235commandmentsהַדְּבָרִ֔יםha.de.va.RimH1697,whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068spake untoyouH834in themountבָּהָ֛רba.HarH2022outH5921of themidstמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432of thefireהָאֵ֖שׁha.'EshH784in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of theassemblyהַקָּהָ֑לha.ka.HalH6951: and theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068gaveוַיִּתְּנֵ֥םvai.yi.te.NemH5414them untomeH413.

5And Iturnedוָאֵ֗פֶןva.'E.fenH6437andcameוַיִּ֣הְיוּvai.Yih.yuH1961downוָֽאֵרֵד֙va.'e.RedH3381from themountהָהָ֔רha.HarH2022, andputוָֽאָשִׂם֙va.'a.SimH7760the tables in thearkבָּאָר֖וֹןba.'a.RonH727whichH834I hadmadeעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213; and there they be, as theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068commandedצִוַּ֖נִיtzi.Va.niH6680meמִן־min-H4480.

6(And thechildrenוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478journeyedנָֽסְע֛וּna.se.'UH5265fromBeerothH885Bene-jaakanH885toMoserahמוֹסֵרָ֑הmo.se.RahH4149: thereAaronאַהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonH175diedמֵ֤תmetH4191, and there he wasburiedוַיִּקָּבֵ֣רvai.yi.ka.VerH6912; andEleazarאֶלְעָזָ֥ר'el.'a.ZarH499hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121ministeredוַיְכַהֵ֛ןvay.kha.HenH3547in the priest’s office in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃tach.TavH8478.

7From thence theyjourneyedנָסְע֖וּna.se.'UH5265untoGudgodahהַגֻּדְגֹּ֑דָהha.gud.Go.dahH1412; and fromGudgodahהַגֻּדְגֹּ֣דָהha.gud.Go.dahH1412toJotbathahיָטְבָ֔תָהya.te.Va.tahH3193, alandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776of brooks ofwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

8At that time theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068separatedהִבְדִּ֤ילhiv.DilH914thetribeשֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vetH7626ofLeviהַלֵּוִ֔יha.le.ViH3878, tobearלָשֵׂ֖אתla.SetH5375thearkאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727of thecovenantבְּרִית־be.rit-H1285of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, tostandלַעֲמֹד֩la.'a.ModH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֨יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068toministerלְשָֽׁרְתוֹ֙le.sha.re.ToH8334unto him, and toblessוּלְבָרֵ֣ךְu.le.va.RekhH1288in hisnameבִּשְׁמ֔וֹbish.MoH8034, unto thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

9WhereforeLeviלְלֵוִ֛יle.le.ViH3881hathnoH3808portionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506norH3808inheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֖הve.na.cha.LahH5159with hisbrethrenאֶחָ֑יו'e.ChavH251; theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068is hisinheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159,accordingעַל־'al-H5921as theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430spake unto him.)

10And Istayedעָמַ֣דְתִּי'a.Mad.tiH5975in themountבָהָ֗רva.HarH2022, as at thefirstהָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםha.Ri.sho.NimH7223time,fortyאַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImH705daysH3117andfortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705nightsלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915: and theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068hearkened untomeאֵלַ֗י'e.LaiH413that time also; theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068wouldnotלֹא־lo'-H3808destroyהַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃hash.chi.Te.khaH7843thee.

11And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untomeאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413,Ariseק֛וּםkumH6965,takeוְיִֽרְשׁ֣וּve.yir.ShuH3423thyjourneyלְמַסַּ֖עle.ma.Sa'H4550beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971; and they shallgoוְיָבֹ֙אוּ֙ve.ya.Vo.'uH935in andpossessH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I sware unto theirfathersלַאֲבֹתָ֖םla.'a.vo.TamH1togiveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414unto them.

12Andnowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whatמָ֚הmahH4100doth theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430requireשֹׁאֵ֖לsho.'ElH7592of thee, but tofearלְ֠יִרְאָהLe.yir.'ahH3372theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, towalkH1870inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605hiswaysדְּרָכָיו֙de.ra.KhavH1870, and toloveוּלְאַהֲבָ֣הu.le.'a.ha.VahH157him, and toserveוְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ve.la.'a.VodH5647theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430withallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thyheartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824and withallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605thysoulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315,

13tokeepלִשְׁמֹ֞רlish.MorH8104thecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֤תmitz.VotH4687of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, and hisstatutesחֻקֹּתָ֔יוchu.ko.TavH2708,whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117for thygoodלְט֖וֹבle.TovH2896?

14Beholdהֵ֚ןhenH2005, unto theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430belongeth theheavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and theheavenוּשְׁמֵ֣יu.she.MeiH8064ofheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776, withallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that therein is.

15Onlyרַ֧קrakH7535theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068had a delight in thyfathersבַּאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָba.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1toloveלְאַהֲבָ֣הle.'a.ha.VahH157them, and hechoseוַיִּבְחַ֞רvai.yiv.CharH977theirseedבְּזַרְעָ֣םbe.zar.'AmH2233afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them,evenאוֹתָ֑ם'o.TamH853youH3605aboveallH3605peoplesהָעַמִּ֖יםha.'a.MimH5971, as at thisdayכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117.

16Circumciseוּמַלְתֶּ֕םu.mal.TemH4135therefore theforeskinעָרְלַ֣ת'a.re.LatH6190of yourheartלְבַבְכֶ֑םle.vav.KhemH3824, and benoלֹ֥אlo'H3808moreעֽוֹד׃odH5750stiffnecked.

17For theLORDH3068yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, he isGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofgodsהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, andLordH3068oflordsH136, thegreatהַגָּדֹ֤לha.ga.DolH1419GodH430, themightyהַגִּבֹּר֙ha.gi.BorH1368, and the terrible,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834regardethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808persons,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808takethrewardשֹֽׁחַד׃Sho.chadH7810.

18He dothexecuteH5414thejudgmentמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of thefatherlessיָת֖וֹםya.TomH3490andwidowוְאַלְמָנָ֑הve.'al.ma.NahH490, and loveth thestrangerגֵּ֔רGerH1616, ingivingלָ֥תֶתLa.tetH5414himfoodלֶ֥חֶםLe.chemH3899and raiment.

19Loveוַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖םva.'a.hav.TemH157ye therefore thestrangerהַגֵּ֑רha.GerH1616: for ye werestrangersגֵרִ֥יםge.RimH1616in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

20Thou shaltfearתִּירָ֖אti.Ra'H3372theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430; him shalt thouserveתַעֲבֹ֑דta.'a.VodH5647; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by hisnameוּבִשְׁמ֖וֹu.vish.MoH8034shalt thouswearתִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ti.sha.Ve.a'H7650.

21He is thypraiseתְהִלָּתְךָ֖te.hi.la.te.KhaH8416, and he is thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, that hathdoneעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213for theetheseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428greatהַגְּדֹלֹ֤תha.ge.do.LotH1419and terrible things,whichH834thineeyesעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869haveseenרָא֖וּra.'UH7200.

22Thyfathersאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1wentH3381downיָרְד֥וּya.re.DuH3381intoH4714Egyptמִצְרָ֑יְמָהּmitz.Ra.ye.mahH4714with threescore and tenpersonsנֶ֔פֶשׁNe.feshH5315; andnowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathmadeשָֽׂמְךָ֙sa.me.KhaH7760thee as thestarsכְּכוֹכְבֵ֥יke.chokh.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064formultitudeלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10

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