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Green's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 10:2

and I shall write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets, which you have broken, and you shall place them in the ark.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Law;   Stones;   Table;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Covenant;   Deuteronomy;   Ten Commandments;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Proclamation of the Law;   Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Ten Commandments, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Ark of the Law;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 29;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the teivah.
King James Version
And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
Lexham English Bible
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets, which you smashed, and you must put them in the ark.'
English Standard Version
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.'
New Century Version
I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you will put the new tablets in the Ark."
New English Translation
I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark."
Amplified Bible
'I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.'
New American Standard Bible
'Then I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed to pieces, and you shall put them in the ark.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.'
Contemporary English Version
He told me that he would write the same words on the new stones that he had written on the ones I broke, and that I could put these stones in this sacred chest.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will inscribe on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to put them in the ark.'
Darby Translation
and 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will write on the stone tablets the same words that were on the first stones—the stones you broke. Then you must put these new stones in the Box.'
George Lamsa Translation
And 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.
Good News Translation
and I will write on those tablets what I wrote on the tablets that you broke, and then you are to put them in the Box.'
Christian Standard Bible®
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and in the tables I wyll wryte the wordes, that were in the first, which thou brakest, and thou shalt laye them in the Arke.
American Standard Version
And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
Bible in Basic English
And I will put on the stones the words which were on the first stones which were broken by you, and you are to put them into the ark.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wyll wryte in the tables, the wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the arke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them in the ark.'
King James Version (1611)
And I will write on the Tables the words that were in the first Tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt write upon the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them into the ark.
English Revised Version
And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
Berean Standard Bible
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`ether a cofere, of tree, and Y schal write in the tablis, the wordis that weren in these tablis whiche thou brakist bifore; and thou schalt putte tho tablis in to the arke.
Young's Literal Translation
and I write on the tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou hast broken, and thou hast placed them in the ark;
Update Bible Version
And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.
World English Bible
I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
New King James Version
And 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.'
New Living Translation
and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the Ark.'
New Life Bible
I will write on the pieces of stone the words that were on the other pieces of stone which you broke. And you will put them in the box.'
New Revised Standard
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets, which you smashed, and you shall put them in the ark."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
that I may write, upon the tables, the words which were on the first tables which thou brakest in pieces, - then shalt thou put them in the ark.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will write on the tables the words that were in them, which thou brokest before, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
Revised Standard Version
And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.'

Contextual Overview

1 At that time Jehovah said to me, Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me, into the mountain, and you shall make for yourself an ark of wood; 2 and I shall write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets, which you have broken, and you shall place them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and went up into the mountain; and the two tablets were in my hand. 4 And He wrote on the tablets according to the writing, the Ten Commandments which Jehovah had spoken to you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. And Jehovah gave them to me, 5 and I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made. And they are there, as Jehovah commanded me. 6 And the sons of Israel pulled up stakes from Beeroth of the sons of Jaakan to Mosera; Aaron died there and he was buried there; and his son Eleazar was acting as priest in his place. 7 From there they pulled up stakes to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of torrents of water. 8 At that time Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant before Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah and to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, until today. 9 Therefore, Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah your God spoke to him. 10 And I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights, as at the first. And Jehovah listened to me that time also; Jehovah did not will to destroy you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou shalt: Deuteronomy 10:5, Exodus 25:16-22, Exodus 40:20, 1 Kings 8:9, Hebrews 9:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 34:28 - he wrote 2 Chronicles 5:10 - save

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
The coasts of the nations were divided by these in their lands each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:7
And the sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And Raamah's sons were Sheba and Dedan.
Genesis 10:12
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a great city.
Genesis 10:14
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim.
Genesis 10:21
And to Shem was born, even to him, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Isaiah 66:19
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape from them to the nations of Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawers of the bow; to Tubal and Javan, to the far away coasts that have not heard My fame nor seen My glory.And they shall declare My glory among the nations.
Ezekiel 27:7
Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, an ensign for you, violet and purple from the coasts, of Elishah was your covering.
Ezekiel 27:19
And Dan and Javan going about gave for your wares; smooth iron, cassia, and cane were among your goods.
Ezekiel 38:6
Gomer and all its bands; the house of Togarmah from the recesses of the north, and all its bands; many peoples are with you.
Ezekiel 38:15
And you shall come from your place out of the recesses of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly, a mighty army.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest,.... a Though they were hewn by Moses, the writing on them was the Lord's; and the very same laws, in the same words, without any alteration or variation, were written by him on these as on the former; partly to show the authenticity of them, that they were of God and not Moses, of a divine original and not human; and partly to show the invariableness of them, that no change had been made in them, though they had been broken by the people; of which Moses's breaking the tables was a representation;

and thou shall put them in the ark; which being a type of Christ may signify the fulfilment of the law by him, who is the end, the fulfilling end of the law for righteousness to every believer; and that as this was in his heart to fulfil it, so it is in his hand as a rule of faith and conversation to his people.

a See a Sermon of mine on this text, called, "The Law in the Hand of Christ."

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 10:1-5. The order for making the ark and tabernacle was evidently given before the apostasy of the people (Exo. 25ff); but the tables were not put in the ark until the completion and dedication of the tabernacle Exodus 40:0. But here as elsewhere (compare the Deuteronomy 9:1 note) Moses connects transactions closely related to each other and to his purpose without regard to the order of occurrence.

Deuteronomy 10:6

There Aaron died - i. e., while the people were encamped in Mosera or Moseroth. In Deuteronomy 32:50; as well as in Numbers 20:25 ff Mount Hor is assigned as the place of Aaron’s death. It is plain then that Moserah was in the neighborhood of Mount Hor. The appointment of Eleazar to minister in place of Aaron, is referred to as a proof of the completeness and fulness of the reconciliation effected between God and the people by Moses. Though Aaron was sentenced to die in the wilderness for his sin at Meribah, yet God provided for the perpetuation of the high priesthood, so that the people would not suffer. Compare Deuteronomy 9:20 and note.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time - i. e., that of the encampment at Sinai, as the words also import in Deuteronomy 10:1. Throughout the passage the time of the important events at Sinai is kept in view; it is reverted to as each incident is brought forward by Moses, alluded to sufficiently for his purpose, and dismissed.

Moses is evidently here speaking of the election by God of the tribe of Levi at large, priests and others also, for His own service.


 
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