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Deuteronomy 10:5

And turning round I came down from the mountain and put the stones in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the Lord gave me orders.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Law;   Table;   Thompson Chain Reference - Tables of Stone;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Law of Moses, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Commandments, the Ten;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Deuteronomy;   Ethics;   Exodus;   Ten Commandments;  

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;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 29;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the LORD commanded me.
King James Version
And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.
Lexham English Bible
And I turned, and I came down from the mountain, and I put the tablets in the ark that I had made, and they are there, just as Yahweh commanded me.
English Standard Version
Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made. And there they are, as the Lord commanded me."
New Century Version
Then I turned and came down the mountain; I put the tablets in the Ark I had made, as the Lord had commanded, and they are still there.
New English Translation
Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made—they are still there, just as the Lord commanded me.
Amplified Bible
"Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and they are there, just as the LORD commanded me."
New American Standard Bible
"Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and they are there, just as the LORD commanded me."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I departed, and came downe from the Mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I had made: and there they be, as the Lorde commanded me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as Yahweh commanded me."
Contemporary English Version
I took them down the mountainside and put them in the chest, just as he had commanded. And they are still there.
Complete Jewish Bible
I turned, came down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made; and there they remain; as Adonai ordered me.
Darby Translation
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made;—and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me.
Easy-to-Read Version
I came back down from the mountain. I put the stones in the Box I had made. The Lord commanded me to put them there. And the stones are still there in that Box."
George Lamsa Translation
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and I left them in it, as the LORD commanded me.
Good News Translation
and I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as the Lord had commanded, I put them in the Box that I had made—and they have been there ever since."
Christian Standard Bible®
and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made. And they have remained there, as the Lord commanded me.”
Literal Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And I turned me, & wente downe from the mount, and layed the tables in the Arke which I had made, that they mighte be there, as the LORDE commaunded me.
American Standard Version
And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I departed, and came downe from the hyll, and put the tables in the arke whiche I had made, and there they be, as the Lorde commaunded me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I turned 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.--
King James Version (1611)
And I turned my selfe and came downe from the mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I had made, and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tables into the ark which I had made; and there they were, as the Lord commanded me.
English Revised Version
And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Berean Standard Bible
and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y turnide ayen fro the hil, and cam doun, and puttide the tablis in to the arke which Y hadde maad, `whiche tablis ben there hidur to, as the Lord comaundide to me.
Young's Literal Translation
and I turn and come down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made, and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me.
Update Bible Version
And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.
Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.
World English Bible
I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.
New King James Version
Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the LORD commanded me."
New Living Translation
Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the Lord commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark."
New Life Bible
Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the stone pieces in the box I had made. There they are, as the Lord told me."
New Revised Standard
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark that I had made; and there they are, as the Lord commanded me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then turned I, and came down out of the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made, - and they have remained there, as Yahweh commanded me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And returning from the mount, I came down, and put the tables into the ark, that I had made, and they are there till this present, as the Lord commanded me.
Revised Standard Version
Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me."

Contextual Overview

1 At that time the Lord said to me, Make two other stones, cut like the first two, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. 2 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. 3 So I made an ark of hard wood, and had two stones cut like the others, and went up the mountain with the stones in my hands. 4 And he put on the stones, as in the first writing, the ten rules which the Lord gave you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the great meeting: and the Lord gave the stones to me. 5 And turning round I came down from the mountain and put the stones in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the Lord gave me orders. 6 (And the children of Israel went on from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah: there death came to Aaron and he was put to rest in the earth; and Eleazar, his son, took his place as priest. 7 From there they went on to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water. 8 At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day. 9 For this reason Levi has no part or heritage for himself among his brothers: the Lord is his heritage, as the Lord your God said to him.) 10 And I was in the mountain, as at the first time, for forty days and forty nights; and again the ears of the Lord were open to my prayer, and he did not send destruction on you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I turned: Deuteronomy 9:15, Exodus 32:15, Exodus 34:29

put the: Deuteronomy 10:2, Exodus 25:16, Exodus 40:20

there they: Joshua 4:9, 1 Kings 8:8, 1 Kings 8:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:34 - General Numbers 33:30 - Moseroth

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters
Genesis 10:9
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
Genesis 10:20
All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.
Genesis 10:25
And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Psalms 72:10
Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.
Isaiah 24:15
Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.
Isaiah 40:15
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
Isaiah 41:5
The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
Isaiah 42:4
His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
Isaiah 42:10
Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I turned myself,.... From the Lord, out of whose hands he had received the tables:

and came down from the mount; with the two tables in his hand as before, one in one hand, and the other in the other hand:

and put the tables in the ark which I had made; or ordered to be made:

and there they be, as the Lord commanded me; there they were when Moses rehearsed what is contained in this book, on the plains of Moab, about thirty eight years after the putting them, into it; and there they continued to be when the ark was brought into Solomon's temple, 1 Kings 8:9 and there they were as long as the ark was in being; which may denote the continuance of the law in the hands of Christ under the Gospel dispensation as a rule of walk and conversation to his people.

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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