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Exodus 31:18

When 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.

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ASV

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

KJV

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
כְּכַלֹּתוֹ֙ke.kha.lo.Towhen finished heH3615 →
לְדַבֵּ֤רle.da.Berto speakH1696 →
אִתּוֹ֙'i.Towith himH854 →
בְּהַ֣רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022 →
סִינַ֔יsi.NaiSinaiH5514 →
שְׁנֵ֖יshe.Nei[the] twoH8147 →
לֻחֹ֣תlu.Chot[the] tablets ofH3871 →
הָעֵדֻ֑תha.'e.Dutthe testimonyH5715 →
לֻחֹ֣תlu.Chottablets ofH3871 →
אֶ֔בֶן'E.venstoneH68 →
כְּתֻבִ֖יםke.tu.VimwrittenH3789 →
בְּאֶצְבַּ֥עbe.'etz.Ba'by [the] finger ofH676 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimGodH430 →

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Deuteronomy 4:13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.Exodus 32:15–16Then 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.2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,Deuteronomy 5:22The 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 on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—Exodus 34:1Then 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.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 for their instruction.”Deuteronomy 9:10Then 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.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.2 Corinthians 3:3It 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 tablets of human hearts.Exodus 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.Exodus 32:16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.Exodus 34:28–29So 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.Deuteronomy 9:9–11When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.Exodus 34:1–4Then 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.Luke 11:20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.Numbers 1:50Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.2 Kings 11:12Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”

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About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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