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Exodus 31:18

MosesMount Sinai

16 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.

17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
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BSB
When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
KJV
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
WEB
When he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses the two tablets of the covenant, stone tablets, written with God’s finger.
ASV
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
DARBY
And he gave to Moses, when he had ended speaking with him on mount Sinai, the two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
BLB
And He gave unto Moses, as He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
ÅB
Og da han hadde talt ut med Moses på Sinai berg, gav han ham vitnesbyrdets to tavler, tavler av stein, skrevet med Guds finger.
OTB
Da Herren var ferdig med å tale med Moses på Sinai-fjellet, ga han ham de to tavlene med paktens lov, steintavler skrevet med Guds finger.
B1930
Og da han hadde talt ut med Moses på Sinai berg, gav han ham vidnesbyrdets to tavler, tavler av sten, skrevet med Guds finger.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:13

    He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.

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  • Exodus 32:15–16

    Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:22

    The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

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  • Exodus 24:12

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:3

    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

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  • Exodus 8:19

    “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

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  • Exodus 34:1–4

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

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  • Luke 11:20

    But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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