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 in the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up to the mount, having the two tables in my hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me. 5And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me. 6And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office 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
• tablesלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• writingמִכְתָּבmiktâb · writingH4385
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• commandmentsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• spokeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• assemblyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 10:4

• Exodus 34:28And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
• Deuteronomy 4:13And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
• Deuteronomy 5:4The LORD talked with you face to face on the mount from the midst of the fire,
• 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 midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
• Deuteronomy 5:22These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.
• Exodus 19:18And mount Sinai was altogether in a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount trembled greatly.
• Hebrews 12:18For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to darkness, and tempest,
• Deuteronomy 9:10And the LORD delivered to me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spoke with you in the mount from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
• Deuteronomy 18:16According to all that thou didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I may not die.
• Exodus 19:17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the lower part of the mount.

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