Deuteronomy 4:13
in Deuteronomy 4He 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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ASV
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
KJV
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He declared to you His covenant
on Deuteronomy 4:13-14
The ten are set apart by who delivered them: God spoke them and wrote them himself "on two tablets of stone." Verse 14 leaves the statutes for Moses to teach.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he declared unto you his covenant,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
I have already explained the matter in its place. Ibid.,:20, and:15. See Vol. II, pp. 282-284, and p. that the people heard the speaking of the Great Name, blessed be He, out of the midst of the fire, as they saw His great fire. Further, Verse.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּגֵּ֨ד | vaiyaged | and he declared | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לָכֶ֜ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִית֗וֹ | berito | covenant his | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֤ה | tzivah | he commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת | laasot | to observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת | ʾaseret | [the] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֑ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֔ם | vaiyikhtevem | and he inscribed them | H3789 → | 224 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שְׁנֵ֖י | shenei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| לֻח֥וֹת | luchot | tablets of | H3871 → | 43 times |
| אֲבָנִֽים׃ | ʾavanim | stone<s> | H68 → | 273 times |
וַיַּגֵּ֨דand he declared
vaiyagedH5046 →370 times
לָכֶ֜םto you
lakhem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִית֗וֹcovenant his
beritoH1285 →284 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֤הhe commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
לַעֲשׂ֔וֹתto observe
laasotH6213 →2628 times
עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת[the] ten
ʾaseretH6235 →176 times
הַדְּבָרִ֑יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֔םand he inscribed them
vaiyikhtevemH3789 →224 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שְׁנֵ֖יtwo
sheneiH8147 →768 times
לֻח֥וֹתtablets of
luchotH3871 →43 times
אֲבָנִֽים׃stone<s>
ʾavanimH68 →273 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 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 14:2
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the…
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- Deuteronomy 26:18
And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- Malachi 3:17
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
- Exodus 15:26
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
- Deuteronomy 14:2
Through
Exodus 24:12Then 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…
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 5:22
Through
Exodus 31:18When 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.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 32:15–16
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.