Deuteronomy 10:4

Deuteronomy 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the Lord had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.

Context of Deuteronomy 10:4

2and I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt lay them in the ark. 3And I made an ark of acacia-wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tables in my hand. And he wrote on the tables, as the first writing, the ten words which Jehovah spoke unto you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire, on the day of the assembly, and Jehovah gave them unto me. 5And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; — and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me. 6(And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth-Bene-Jaakan to Moserah: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son exercised the priesthood in his stead.

Deuteronomy 10:4 word by word

וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב עַֽל־הַלֻּחֹ֜ת כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן אֵ֚ת עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֲלֵיכֶ֥ם בָּהָ֛ר מִתּ֥וֹךְ הָאֵ֖שׁ בְּי֣וֹם הַקָּהָ֑ל וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• wroteכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• writingמִכְתָּבmiktâb · writingH4385
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• spokeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• assemblyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 10:4

• Exodus 34:28— And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread, and drank no water. — And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.
• Deuteronomy 4:13And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, the ten words; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
• Deuteronomy 5:4Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you
• Exodus 20:1And God spoke all these words, saying,
• Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.
• Deuteronomy 5:22These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
• Exodus 19:18And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly.
• Hebrews 12:18For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,
• Deuteronomy 9:10— and Jehovah delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words which Jehovah spoke with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
• Deuteronomy 18:16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
• Exodus 19:17And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Ten commandments - See the note on Exodus 20:1, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 These verses are closely connected with the preceding chapter, and state very briefly the results of the intercession of Moses recorded in Deuteronomy 9:25-29. The people are reminded that all their blessings and privileges, forfeited by apostasy as soon as bestowed, were only now their own by a new and most unmerited act of grace on the part of God, won from Him by the self-sacrificing mediation of Moses himself Deuteronomy 10:10. Deuteronomy…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing--that is, not Moses, who under the divine direction acted as amanuensis, but God Himself who made this inscription a second time with His own hand, to testify the importance He attached to the ten commandments. Different from other stone monuments of antiquity, which were made to stand upright and in the open air, those on which the divine law was engraven were portable, and designed to be kept…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 10:4

• Law
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings