Deuteronomy 10:5
in Deuteronomy 10and 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.
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ASV
And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.
KJV
And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And the LORD wrote on the tablets
on Deuteronomy 10:4-5
The Hebrew behind "the Ten Commandments" reads ten words, the phrase of Exodus 34:28 and Deuteronomy 4:13. 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, while Hebrews 9:4 names the manna and Aaron's rod beside them, and both stand with the difference left visible.
This site's exposition
placed the tablets in the ark I had made
The account of the tablets ends in obedience, as the LORD had commanded me, and the words once shattered at the foot of the mountain now rest in keeping. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the mention of their place, made in public at the time, as evidence of the historian's truthfulness. Matthew Henry reads the words as Moses handing the law on whole to the next generation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I turned myself,....
That good thing which was committed to him he transmitted to them, and left it pure and entire in their hands; now let them look to it at their peril. Thus we may say to the rising generation, "God has entrusted us with Bibles, sabbaths, sacraments, &c., as tokens of his presence and favour, and there they be; we lodge them with you," 2 Tim. i.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
I . . . put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me--Here is another minute, but important circumstance, the public mention of which at the time attests the veracity of the sacred historian.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֵ֗פֶן | vaefen | and I turned | H6437 → | 135 times |
| וָֽאֵרֵד֙ | vaered | and I came down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָהָ֔ר | hahar | the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וָֽאָשִׂם֙ | vaasim | and I put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַלֻּחֹ֔ת | haluchot | the tablets | H3871 → | 43 times |
| בָּאָר֖וֹן | baaron | in the ark | H727 → | 202 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֑יתִי | ʾasiti | I had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| וַיִּ֣הְיוּ | vaiyihyu | and they have been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוַּ֖נִי | tzivani | he commanded me | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וָאֵ֗פֶןand I turned
vaefenH6437 →135 times
וָֽאֵרֵד֙and I came down
vaeredH3381 →381 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָהָ֔רthe mountain
haharH2022 →546 times
וָֽאָשִׂם֙and I put
vaasimH7760 →584 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַלֻּחֹ֔תthe tablets
haluchotH3871 →43 times
בָּאָר֖וֹןin the ark
baaronH727 →202 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשִׂ֑יתִיI had made
ʾasitiH6213 →2628 times
וַיִּ֣הְיוּand they have been
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוַּ֖נִיhe commanded me
tzivaniH6680 →494 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Exodus 34:29And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
it leads to
- Matthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- Luke 9:29
And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
- Exodus 32:15
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.
- Revelation 1:16
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
- Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- Matthew 17:2
Through
Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 7:12
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Samuel 7:12
Through
Deuteronomy 10:2And 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.”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:9
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out…
- 1 Kings 8:9
Through
Exodus 40:20Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
it leads to
- Exodus 16:34
And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 16:34
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
