Saadia · Devarim 10
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- Devarim 10:1
בָּעֵת הַהִוא אָמַר יְהוָה אֵלַי פְּסָל-לְךָ שְׁנֵי-לוּחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַעֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה וְעָשִׂיתָ לְּךָ אֲרוֹן עֵץ
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At that time God said to me: 'Hew two tablets of gems like the first ones, and ascend with them to the mountain — after you have made a chest of wood.'
- Devarim 10:2
וְאֶכְתֹּב עַל-הַלֻּחֹת אֶת-הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ עַל-הַלֻּחֹת הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר שִׁבַּרְתָּ וְשַׂמְתָּם בָּאָרוֹן
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'So that I may write upon them the words that were upon the first two tablets, which you broke; and place them in the chest.'
- Devarim 10:3
וָאַעַשׂ אֲרוֹן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים וָאֶפְסֹל שְׁנֵי-לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וָאַעַל הָהָרָה וּשְׁנֵי הַלֻּחֹת בְּיָדִי
. . .
And I made a chest of acacia wood, and I hewed two tablets of gems like the first ones, and I ascended to the mountain, with the two of them in my hands.
- Devarim 10:4
וַיִּכְתֹּב עַל-הַלֻּחֹת כַּמִּכְתָּב הָרִאשׁוֹן אֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בָּהָר מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה אֵלָי
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And He wrote upon them according to the first writing — they are the Ten Words which God had spoken to you on the mountain from within the fire on the day of the assembly — and He delivered them to me.
- Devarim 10:5
וָאֵפֶן וָאֵרֵד מִן-הָהָר וָאָשִׂם אֶת-הַלֻּחֹת בָּאָרוֹן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְהוָה
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Then I turned and descended from the mountain, and I placed the two tablets in the chest that I had made; and they remained there, as God had commanded me.
- Devarim 10:6
וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נָסְעוּ מִבְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי-יַעֲקָן--מוֹסֵרָה שָׁם מֵת אַהֲרֹן וַיִּקָּבֵר שָׁם וַיְכַהֵן אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו
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And when He accepted my intercession concerning Aaron, he endured until the sons of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-Yaakan to Moserah; there Aaron died and was buried there, and Eleazar his son served in his place.
- Devarim 10:7
מִשָּׁם נָסְעוּ הַגֻּדְגֹּדָה וּמִן-הַגֻּדְגֹּדָה יָטְבָתָה אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מָיִם
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And they journeyed from there to Gudgod, and from Gudgod to Yotbath — a land with valleys of water.
- Devarim 10:8
בָּעֵת הַהִוא הִבְדִּיל יְהוָה אֶת-שֵׁבֶט הַלֵּוִי לָשֵׂאת אֶת-אֲרוֹן בְּרִית-יְהוָה--לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לְשָׁרְתוֹ וּלְבָרֵךְ בִּשְׁמוֹ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
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At that time God set apart the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of His covenant and to stand before Him to serve Him and to bless in His name — unto this day of ours — because they came to my aid.
- Devarim 10:9
עַל-כֵּן לֹא-הָיָה לְלֵוִי חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה--עִם-אֶחָיו יְהוָה הוּא נַחֲלָתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לוֹ
. . .
And therefore the Levites had no portion and inheritance together with their brothers; rather the gifts of God are their portion, as He decreed for them.
- Devarim 10:10
וְאָנֹכִי עָמַדְתִּי בָהָר כַּיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים--אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה אֵלַי גַּם בַּפַּעַם הַהִוא--לֹא-אָבָה יְהוָה הַשְׁחִיתֶךָ
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And I stayed on the mountain like the first time — forty days and forty nights — and God hearkened to me at that time, and God did not will to destroy you.
- Devarim 10:11
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי קוּם לֵךְ לְמַסַּע לִפְנֵי הָעָם וְיָבֹאוּ וְיִירְשׁוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם לָתֵת לָהֶם
. . .
And God said to me: 'Arise, go before the people and set them journeying, that they may go and inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers that I would give them.'
- Devarim 10:12
וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל--מָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי אִם-לְיִרְאָה אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בְּכָל-דְּרָכָיו וּלְאַהֲבָה אֹתוֹ וְלַעֲבֹד אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל-נַפְשֶׁךָ
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And now, O Israel — what is it that God your Lord requires of you, but that you fear Him, and walk in His ways, and love Him, and serve Him wholeheartedly, with all your heart and your soul,
- Devarim 10:13
לִשְׁמֹר אֶת-מִצְוֹת יְהוָה וְאֶת-חֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--לְטוֹב לָךְ
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and keep His commandments and His statutes which I command you today — that it may go well for you?
- Devarim 10:14
הֵן לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם הָאָרֶץ וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר-בָּהּ
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Behold, to God your Lord belong all the heavens, and the earth, and all that is in it.
- Devarim 10:15
רַק בַּאֲבֹתֶיךָ חָשַׁק יְהוָה לְאַהֲבָה אוֹתָם וַיִּבְחַר בְּזַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּכֶם מִכָּל-הָעַמִּים--כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה
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Yet He chose your fathers and loved them, and chose their offspring after them — and affiliated them to Himself from among the peoples, as you can see.
- Devarim 10:16
וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם וְעָרְפְּכֶם--לֹא תַקְשׁוּ עוֹד
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So remove the covering of your hearts, and your necks — do not stiffen them ever.
- Devarim 10:17
כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם--הוּא אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וַאֲדֹנֵי הָאֲדֹנִים הָאֵל הַגָּדֹל הַגִּבֹּר וְהַנּוֹרָא אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יִשָּׂא פָנִים וְלֹא יִקַּח שֹׁחַד
. . . . .
For God your Lord is the Lord of lords and Master of masters — the mighty, the great, the powerful, the awe-inspiring — who shows no partiality and takes no bribe,
- Devarim 10:18
עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפַּט יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה וְאֹהֵב גֵּר לָתֶת לוֹ לֶחֶם וְשִׂמְלָה
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who renders judgment for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the stranger, providing him food and clothing.
- Devarim 10:19
וַאֲהַבְתֶּם אֶת-הַגֵּר כִּי-גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם
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So love the stranger, for long you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Devarim 10:20
אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּירָא אֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹד וּבוֹ תִדְבָּק וּבִשְׁמוֹ תִּשָּׁבֵעַ
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Fear God your Lord, serve Him, cleave to His obedience, and swear by His name uprightly.
- Devarim 10:21
הוּא תְהִלָּתְךָ וְהוּא אֱלֹהֶיךָ--אֲשֶׁר-עָשָׂה אִתְּךָ אֶת-הַגְּדֹלֹת וְאֶת-הַנּוֹרָאֹת הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ
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He is your praise and He is your God — who did with you those great and awesome things which your own eyes have seen.
- Devarim 10:22
בְּשִׁבְעִים נֶפֶשׁ יָרְדוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ מִצְרָיְמָה וְעַתָּה שָׂמְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לָרֹב
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Among them: your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy souls — and now God your Lord has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.
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