7. From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a place of flowing streams.
8. At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.
9. Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance just as the Lord your God told him.
10. As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The Lord listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you.
11. Then he said to me, “Get up, set out leading the people so they may go and possess the land I promised to give to their ancestors.”
12. Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
13. and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?
14. The heavens – indeed the highest heavens – belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
15. However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples – as is apparent today.
16. Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
17. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,
18. who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
19. So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20. Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.
21. He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.
22. When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.