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Tuesday, September 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Green's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 9:11

then it happened, at the end of forty days and forty nights Jehovah gave the two tablets of stone to me, tablets of the covenant,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Humility;   Stones;   Table;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Calf, Golden;   Covenant;   Deuteronomy;   Ten Commandments;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Proclamation of the Law;   Tabernacle, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Decalogue;   Numbers and Numerals;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
King James Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Lexham English Bible
And then at the end of forty days and forty nights, Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
English Standard Version
And at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
New Century Version
When the forty days and forty nights were over, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets with the Agreement on them.
New English Translation
Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
Amplified Bible
"It came about at the end of forty days and forty nights that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
New American Standard Bible
"It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened at the end of forty days and nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, after forty days and nights Adonai gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
Easy-to-Read Version
"So at the end of 40 days and 40 nights, the Lord gave me two stone tablets—the stones of the agreement.
George Lamsa Translation
And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Good News Translation
Yes, after those forty days and nights the Lord gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written the covenant.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant, at the end of the forty days and forty nights.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And after the fortye dayes and fortye nightes, ye LORDE gaue me ye two tables of stone, namely ye tables of the couenaunt,
American Standard Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Bible in Basic English
Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables of the couenaunt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe at the end of fortie dayes, and fortie nights, that the Lord gaue mee the two Tables of stone, euen the Tables of the Couenant.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass after forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Berean Standard Bible
And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne fourti daies and so many nyytis hadden passid, the Lord yaf to me twei tablis of stoon, tablis of boond of pees;
Young's Literal Translation
`And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Jehovah hath given unto me the two tables of stone -- tables of the covenant,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, [that] the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant.
World English Bible
It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
New King James Version
And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
New Living Translation
"At the end of the forty days and nights, the Lord handed me the two stone tablets inscribed with the words of the covenant.
New Life Bible
At the end of forty days and nights the Lord gave me the two pieces of stone, the Laws of the agreement.
New Revised Standard
At the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave unto me the two tables of stone the tables of the covenant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when forty days were passed, and as many nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant,
Revised Standard Version
And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
THE MESSAGE
It was at the end of the forty days and nights that God gave me the two slabs of stone, the tablets of the covenant. God said to me, "Get going, and quickly. Get down there, because your people whom you led out of Egypt have ruined everything. In almost no time at all they have left the road that I laid out for them and gone off and made for themselves a cast god."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.

Contextual Overview

7 Remember; do not forget how you made Jehovah your God angry in the wilderness; even from the day that you came out of the land of Egypt until you came into this place you have been rebellious against Jehovah. 8 Even in Horeb you made Jehovah angry; and Jehovah breathed angrily against you, to destroy you. 9 When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, tablets of the covenant which Jehovah cut with you, and I remained in the mountain forty days and forty nights (I did not eat bread nor did I drink water), 10 and Jehovah gave to me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them was written according to all the Words which Jehovah spoke with you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly; 11 then it happened, at the end of forty days and forty nights Jehovah gave the two tablets of stone to me, tablets of the covenant, 12 and Jehovah said to me, Rise up, go down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a casted image. 13 And Jehovah spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people. 14 Let Me alone that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 And I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands; 16 and I looked; and, behold! You had sinned against Jehovah your God; you had made a casted calf for yourselves; you had quickly turned out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the tables of the covenant: Deuteronomy 9:9, Numbers 10:33, Hebrews 8:6-10, Hebrews 9:4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:21 - the covenant Mark 1:13 - forty

Cross-References

Genesis 9:21
And he drank from the wine, and was drunk. And he uncovered himself inside his tent.
Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father. And he told his two brothers outside.
Genesis 9:23
And Shem and Japheth took a garment and put it on both their shoulders. And they went backward and covered the nakedness of their father, their faces backward. And they did not see the nakedness of their father.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is the waters of Noah to Me; for as I swore to refrain from passing over the waters of Noah over the earth again, so I have sworn from being angry with you and rebuking you.
2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth now, having been stored up by the same Word, are being kept for fire to a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:11
Then all these being about to be dissolved, of what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,.... The time of Moses's stay in the mount, when it was just up, and not before: that

the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant, as in Deuteronomy 9:9. Aben Ezra observes, that this shows that the day the tables were given to Moses the calf was made.


 
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