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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Deuteronomy 9:15

So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Humility;   Israel;   Moses;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Calf, Golden;   Covenant;   Deuteronomy;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Covenant;   Sanctuary;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
King James Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Lexham English Bible
"And I turned, and I went down the mountain, as the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
English Standard Version
So 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.
New Century Version
So I turned and came down the mountain that was burning with fire, and the two stone tablets with the Agreement were in my hands.
New English Translation
So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
Amplified Bible
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
New American Standard Bible
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So I returned, and came downe from the Mount (and the Mount burnt with fire, and ye two Tables of the couenant were in my two handes)
Legacy Standard Bible
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Contemporary English Version
Moses said: Fire was raging on the mountaintop as I went back down, carrying the two stones with the commandments on them.
Complete Jewish Bible
I came down from the mountain. The mountain was blazing fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Darby Translation
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two stone tablets of the agreement were in my hands.
George Lamsa Translation
So 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.
Good News Translation
"So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying the two stone tablets on which the covenant was written. Flames of fire were coming from the mountain.
Christian Standard Bible®
“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
Literal Translation
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;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And as I turned me, & wente downe fro the mount which brent wt fyre, & had ye two tables of the couenaunt in both my hades,
American Standard Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Bible in Basic English
So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I turned me, and came downe from the hyll, euen from the hyll that burnt with fire, and the two tables of the couenaunt were in my handes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
King James Version (1611)
So I turned and came downe from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two Tables of the Couenant were in my two hands.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies were in my two hands.
English Revised Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Y cam doun fro the hil brennynge, and helde with euer either hond twei tablis of boond of pees, and Y seiy,
Young's Literal Translation
`And I turn, and come down from the mount, and the mount is burning with fire, and the two tables of the covenant on my two hands,
Update Bible Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Webster's Bible Translation
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant [were] in my two hands.
World English Bible
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
New King James Version
"So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
New Living Translation
"So while the mountain was blazing with fire I turned and came down, holding in my hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.
New Life Bible
So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire. The two pieces of stone of the agreement were in my two hands.
New Revised Standard
So I turned and went down from the mountain, while the mountain was ablaze; the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I turned, and came down out of the mountain, now the mountain was burning with fire, - and the two tables of the covenant were upon my two hands.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands,
Revised Standard Version
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
THE MESSAGE
I turned around and started down the mountain—by now the mountain was blazing with fire—carrying the two tablets of the covenant in my two arms. That's when I saw it: There you were, sinning against God , your God—you had made yourselves a cast god in the shape of a calf! So soon you had left the road that God had commanded you to walk on. I held the two stone slabs high and threw them down, smashing them to bits as you watched.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

Contextual Overview

7Remember this and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD. 8At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you. 9When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. 10Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. 11And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant, 12and the LORD said to me, "Get up and go down from here at once, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image." 13The LORD also said to me, "I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people. 14Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they." 15So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.16And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way the LORD had commanded you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I turned: Exodus 32:14, 15-35

the mount: Deuteronomy 4:11, Deuteronomy 5:23, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 19:18, Hebrews 12:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:15 - turned Exodus 32:16 - General Exodus 34:1 - which Deuteronomy 9:9 - the tables Deuteronomy 10:5 - I turned 2 Corinthians 3:7 - written 2 Corinthians 12:21 - that I

Cross-References

Genesis 9:8
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,
Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that was with you-the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth-every living thing that came out of the ark.
Exodus 28:12
Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
1 Kings 8:23
and said: "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
Nehemiah 9:32
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
Psalms 106:45
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
Jeremiah 14:21
For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
Ezekiel 16:60
But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
Luke 1:72
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So I turned and came down from the mount,.... As the Lord commanded:

and the mount burned with fire; as it had for six weeks past, ever since the Lord's descent upon it; and so it continued, for the words may be rendered, "and the mount was burning" b; and yet this did not deter the Israelites from idolatry:

and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands: one table in one hand, and the other in the other hand.

b בער "de monte ardente", V. L. Heb. "burning", Ainsworth.


 
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