Deuteronomy 10:4
in Deuteronomy 10And 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,
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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.
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 10
Commentary
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And the LORD wrote on the tablets
on Deuteronomy 10:4-5
Moses says "there they have remained", speaking in Moab forty years on. At 1 Kings 8:9 the ark in Solomon's temple holds only the two tablets.
The record, by era
The Reformation1 voice
The orthodox Fathers aptly used this passage against the Arians; because, since Christ is everywhere called God, He is undoubtedly the same Jehovah who declares Himself to be the One God; and this is asserted with the same force respecting the Holy Spirit.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he wrote on the tables according to the first writing,....
The written word is as truly the word of God as that which he spoke to his servants the prophets. What care was taken of it. These two tables, thus engraven, were faithfully laid up in the ark.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Ten commandments - See the note on Exo 20:1, etc.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב | vaiyikhto | and he wrote | H3789 → | 224 times |
| עַֽל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַלֻּחֹ֜ת | haluchot | the tablets | H3871 → | 43 times |
| כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב | kamikhtav | like the writing | H4385 → | |
| הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן | harishon | <the> former | H7223 → | 182 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת | ʾaseret | [the] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֔ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּר֩ | diber | he had spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֥ם | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּהָ֛ר | bahar | on the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
| מִתּ֥וֹךְ | mitokh | from [the] middle of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| הָאֵ֖שׁ | haesh | the fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| בְּי֣וֹם | beyom | on [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַקָּהָ֑ל | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם | vaiyitenem | and he gave them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלָֽי׃ | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַיִּכְתֹּ֨בand he wrote
vaiyikhtoH3789 →224 times
עַֽל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַלֻּחֹ֜תthe tablets
haluchotH3871 →43 times
כַּמִּכְתָּ֣בlike the writing
kamikhtavH4385 →
הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן<the> former
harishonH7223 →182 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת[the] ten
ʾaseretH6235 →176 times
הַדְּבָרִ֔יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּר֩he had spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲלֵיכֶ֥םto you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times
בָּהָ֛רon the mountain
baharH2022 →546 times
מִתּ֥וֹךְfrom [the] middle of
mitokhH8432 →418 times
הָאֵ֖שׁthe fire
haeshH784 →378 times
בְּי֣וֹםon [the] day of
beyomH3117 →2304 times
הַקָּהָ֑לthe assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
וַיִּתְּנֵ֥םand he gave them
vaiyitenemH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלָֽי׃to me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 18:16This 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…
it leads to
- Exodus 20:19
“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
- 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…
- Deuteronomy 5:23–28
And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
- Exodus 20:19
Through
Exodus 34:28So 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.
it leads to
- Exodus 34:1
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.
- 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.
- Exodus 24:18
Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
- Deuteronomy 9:25
So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
- Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…
- Exodus 34:1
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About Deuteronomy

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
