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Deuteronomy 10:5

in Deuteronomy 10

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

This verse in Deuteronomy 10

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This 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,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 34:29

    And 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.

  • Through

    Joshua 4:9

    Joshua 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.”

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 10:2

    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.”

    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…

  • Through

    Exodus 40:20

    Moses 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

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.