Tree of Life Version
Exodus 34:28
28So he stayed there with Adonai for 40 days and 40 nights, and he did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant: the Ten Words.
Exodus 34:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
Context of Exodus 34:28
26“You are to bring the choicest firstfruits of your land to the House of Adonai your God. “You must not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.” 27Then Adonai said to Moses, “Write these words, for based on these words I have cut a covenant with you and with Israel.” So he stayed there with Adonai for 40 days and 40 nights, and he did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant: the Ten Words. 29Now it happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand when he came down from the mountain, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face was radiant, because God had spoken with him. 30When Aaron and all Bnei-Yisrael saw Moses, the skin of his face shone in rays, so they were afraid to come near him.
Read all of Exodus 34Exodus 34:28 word by word
וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֣ם עִם־יְהוָ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה לֶ֚חֶם לֹ֣א אָכַ֔ל וּמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א שָׁתָ֑ה וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֗ת אֵ֚ת דִּבְרֵ֣י הַבְּרִ֔ית עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת הַדְּבָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he was there with the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- nightsלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- he did neither eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- nor drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- And he wroteכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
- upon the tablesלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
- the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- of the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- the tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
Cross-references for Exodus 34:28
- Exodus 24:18So Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up onto the mountain. Moses was on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
- Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that Adonai cut with you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights; I did not eat bread or drink water.
- Exodus 34:1Adonai said to Moses, “Carve for yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write upon them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
- Exodus 31:18When He had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave the two tablets of the Testimony to Moses—tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.
- Exodus 32:16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
- Deuteronomy 4:13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to do—the Ten Words—and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
- Deuteronomy 10:2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you smashed, and you are to put them in the ark.’
- 2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that Bnei-Yisrael could not look intently upon Moses’ face because of its glory—although it was passing away—
Commentaries on Exodus 34:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Forty days and forty nights - See Clarke's note on Exodus 24:18.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28He wrote - i. e. Yahweh wrote Exodus 34:1.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-35Verses 28-35 Near and spiritual communion with God improves the graces of a renewed and holy character. Serious godliness puts a lustre upon a man's countenance, such as commands esteem and affection. The vail which Moses put on, marked the obscurity of that dispensation, compared with the gospel dispensation of the New Testament. It was also an emblem of the natural vail on the hearts of men respecting spiritual things. Also the vail that was and is upon…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28Moses wrote down these repeated instructions that explained the main terms of the covenant (34:27). The Ten Commandments, which summarize these terms, were written on the new stone tablets (34:28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2827-28. And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words--that is, the ceremonial and judicial injunctions comprehended above (Ex 34:11-26); while the rewriting of the ten commandments on the newly prepared slabs was done by God Himself (compare De 10:1-4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 34
- 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
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