23 yAnd when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you zrebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and adid not believe him or obey his voice. 24 You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.
25 “So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you. 26 And I prayed to the Lord, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your heritage, whom you have redeemed through your greatness, whom you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin, 28 lest the land from which you brought us say, b“Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land that he promised them, and cbecause he hated them, he has brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.” 29 For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.’
New Tablets of Stone
1 “At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and 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 you shall put them in the ark.’ 3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. 4 And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the dTen Commandments1 that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. 5 Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made. And ethere they are, as the Lord commanded me.”
6 (The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan2 to Moserah. There fAaron died, and there he was buried. And his son gEleazar ministered as priest in his place. 7 From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. 8 hAt 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 minister to him and to ibless in his name, to this day. 9 Therefore Levi has jno portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, kas the Lord your God said to him.)
10 “I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and lthe Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. 11 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, mwhat 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, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today nfor your good? 14 Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the oheaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet the Lord set his heart in plove on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. 16 qCircumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer rstubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is sGod of gods and tLord of lords, the ugreat, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is vnot partial and takes no bribe. 18 He executes justice for the wfatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 xLove the sojourner, therefore, for yyou were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20 You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and zhold fast to him, and aby his name you shall swear. 21 bHe is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt cseventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you das numerous as the stars of heaven.
Woe to Unrepentant Cities
20 sThen he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be tmore bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be uexalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in vSodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”
Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest
25 wAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the xwise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.1 27 yAll things have been handed over to me by my Father, and zno one knows the Son except the Father, and ano one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to breveal him. 28 cCome dto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and eI will give you rest. 29 Take my fyoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will gfind rest for your souls. 30 For hmy yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
