Deuteronomy 10:5

Deuteronomy 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the Lord commanded me, and they are there now.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made. And there they are, as the Lord commanded me."
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the Lord commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark.”

Context of Deuteronomy 10:5

3“So I made an ark of acacia wood, hewed two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. 4And 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. Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.” 6(Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his stead. 7From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water.

Deuteronomy 10:5 word by word

וָאֵ֗פֶן וָֽאֵרֵד֙ מִן־הָהָ֔ר וָֽאָשִׂם֙ אֶת־הַלֻּחֹ֔ת בָּאָר֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתִי וַיִּ֣הְיוּ שָׁ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוַּ֖נִי יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I turnedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• myself and came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• from the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the tablesלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• in the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• which I had madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• and there they be, as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 10:5

• Deuteronomy 9:15“So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
• Exodus 32:15And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.
• Exodus 34:29Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.
• Deuteronomy 10:2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you shall put them in the ark.’
• Exodus 25:16And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.
• Exodus 40:20He took the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.
• Joshua 4:9Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
• 1 Kings 8:8The poles extended so that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10:5

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5there they have remained: Sometimes, phrases like this in Deuteronomy show that the book was edited after Moses first wrote it. When these final edits were made, the stone tablets were still kept in the ark of the covenant.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 10:5

• Ark
• Law
• Table

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• Commandments, the Ten
• Exodus
• Praise
• Terrible
• Aaron
• Ark of the Covenant
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ten Commandments, the

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