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Exodus 34:4

in Exodus 34

So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.

KJV

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

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This verse in Exodus 34

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Moses . . . took in his hand the two tables of stone--As Moses had no attendant to divide the labor of carrying them, it is evident that they must have been light, and of no great dimensions--probably flat slabs of shale or slate, such as abound in the mountainous region of Horeb.

This site's exposition

So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals

on Exodus 34:4-5

The LORD came down in the cloud and proclaimed His name, answering the request of 33:18 and keeping the promise of 33:19. God shows Moses His glory by telling him who He is.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

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And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first,....

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וַיִּפְסֹ֡לand he cut out

    vaiyifsolH6458 →

  • שְׁנֵֽי־two

    shenei-H8147 →768 times

  • לֻחֹ֨תtablets of

    luchotH3871 →43 times

  • אֲבָנִ֜יםstone<s>

    ʾavanimH68 →273 times

  • כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֗יםlike the former [tablets]

    karishonimH7223 →182 times

  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םand he rose early

    vaiyashkemH7925 →65 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֤הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙in the morning

    vabokerH1242 →214 times

  • וַיַּ֙עַל֙and he went up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַ֣ר[the] mountain of

    harH2022 →546 times

  • סִינַ֔יSinai

    sinaiH5514 →35 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֹת֑וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

  • בְּיָד֔וֹin hand his

    beyadoH3027 →1618 times

  • שְׁנֵ֖יtwo

    sheneiH8147 →768 times

  • לֻחֹ֥תtablets 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.

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About Exodus

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 34 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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