Deuteronomy 10:4
2 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
5 and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
6 The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
- KJV
- And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
- WEB
- He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me.
- ASV
- And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Jehovah spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Jehovah gave them unto me.
- DARBY
- And he wrote on the tables, as the first writing, the ten words which Jehovah spoke unto you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire, on the day of the assembly, and Jehovah gave them unto me.
- BLB
- And He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the Ten Words that YHWH had spoken to you⁺ in the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. And YHWH gave them to me.
- ÅB
- Og han skrev på tavlene det samme som var skrevet første gang, de ti ord som Herren hadde talt til dere på fjellet midt ut av ilden den dag dere var samlet der; og Herren gav meg dem.
- OTB
- Herren skrev på tavlene de samme ordene som før, de ti bud som Han hadde talt til dere på fjellet midt ut av ilden på forsamlingens dag, og Han ga dem til meg.
- B1930
- Og han skrev på tavlene det samme som var skrevet første gang, de ti ord som Herren hadde talt til eder på fjellet midt ut av ilden den dag I var samlet der; og Herren gav mig dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 9:10
Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
Read in contextExodus 34:28
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:11–15
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Read in contextHebrews 12:18–19
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:16
This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
Read in contextExodus 20:1–17
And God spoke all these words:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:4–26
The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
Read in contextExodus 19:17–18
Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
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