Deuteronomy 10:4

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wrote	וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב vai.yikh.To	H3789	to grave · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tables	הַלֻּחֹ֜ת ha.lu.Chot	H3871	probably meaning to glisten · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
first	הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן ha.ri.Shon	H7223	first · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
writing	כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב ka.mikh.Tav	H4385	a thing written · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ten	עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת 'a.Se.ret	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common feminine singular construct
commandments	הַדְּבָרִ֔ים ha.de.va.Rim	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
spake	דִּבֶּר֩ di.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mount	בָּהָ֛ר ba.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
midst	מִתּ֥וֹךְ mi.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
fire	הָאֵ֖שׁ ha.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
day	בְּי֣וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
assembly	הַקָּהָ֑ל ha.ka.Hal	H6951	assemblage (usually concretely) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
gave	וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם vai.yi.te.Nem	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which…
Exodus 34:28 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 word…
Deuteronomy 4:11-15 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick…
Deuteronomy 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the…
Hebrews 12:18-19 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Exodus 19:17-18 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Exodus 20:1-17 And God spake all these words, saying,
Deuteronomy 5:4-26 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 10:1-11

There were four things in and by which God showed himself reconciled to Israel and made them truly great and happy, and in which God's goodness took occasion from their badness to make him the more illustrious: - I. He gave them his law, gave it to them in writing, as a standing pledge of his favour. Though the tables that were first written were broken, because Israel had broken the commandments, and God might justly break the covenant, yet when his anger was turned away the tables were renewed, Deu 10:1, Deu 10:2. Note, God's putting his law in our reconciliation to God and the best earnest of our happiness in him. Moses is told to hew the tables; for the law prepares the heart by convict…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:4

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 as a treasure. JOSEPHUS says that each of the tables contained five precepts. But the tradition generally received, both among Jewish and Christian writers is, that one table contained four precepts, the other six.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 10:4

And he wrote on the tables according to the first writing,.... The same laws, in the same letters: the ten commandments which the Lord spake unto you in the mount; in Mount Sinai, on which he descended, and from whence he delivered the decalogue by word of mouth in an audible manner, that all the people could hear it: out of the midst of the fire; in which he descended, and where he continued, and from whence he spake, so that it was indeed a fiery law: in the day of the assembly; when all the people of Israel were assembled together at the bottom of the mount to hear it: and the Lord gave them unto me; the two tables, when he had wrote upon them the ten commands.

Dictionary and topics

Commandments, the Ten — (Ex. 34:28; Deut. 10:4, marg. “ten words”) i.e., the Decalogue (q.v.), is a summary of the immutable moral law. These commandments were first given in their written form to the people of Israel when…
Exodus — The great deliverance wrought for the children of Isreal when they were brought out of the land of Egypt with “a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm” (Ex 12:51; Deut. 26:8; Ps 114; 136), about…
Commandments, The Ten · Written by God — Written by God
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · The tables of testimony renewed — The tables of testimony renewed
Law Of Moses, The · Divided into: Moral, embodied in the ten commandments — Divided into: Moral, embodied in the ten commandments
Table · .A second set engrave — .A second set engrave

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 10:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 10:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:4

John Gill on Deuteronomy 10:4

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 10:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 10:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:4

John Gill on Deuteronomy 10:4

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 10:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 10:3

Rashi on Deuteronomy 10:1