Deuteronomy 10:2

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.

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.'

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.’

Literal Translation
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.

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 Moses said to the people: The Lord told me to chisel out two flat stones, just like the ones he had given me earlier. He also commanded me to make a wooden chest, then come up the mountain and meet with him. ² 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. ³ So I made a chest out of acacia wood, and I chiseled two flat stones like the ones I broke. Then I carried the stones up the mountain, ⁴ where the Lord wrote the Ten Commandments on them, just as he had done the first time. The commandments were exactly what he had announced from the fire, when you were gathered at the mountain. After the Lord returned the stones to me, ⁵ I took them down the mountainside and put them in the chest, just as he had commanded. And they are still there. ⁶ Moses said to Israel: Later we set up camp at the wells belonging to the descendants of Jaakan. Then we moved on and camped at Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar became the priest. ⁷ Next, we camped at Gudgodah and then at Jotbathah, where there are flowing streams. ⁸ Moses said to Israel: After I put the two stones in the sacred chest, the Lord chose the tribe of Levi, not only to carry the chest, but also to serve as his priests at the place of worship and to bless the other tribes in his name. And they still do these things. ⁹ The Lord promised that he would always provide for the tribe of Levi, and that's why he won't give them any land, when he divides it among the other tribes. ¹⁰ Moses said to Israel: When I had taken the second set of stones up the mountain, I spent forty days and nights there, just as I had done before. Once again, the Lord answered my prayer and did not 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 10:21
Shem's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. He was the older brother of Japheth and the ancestor of the tribes of Eber. Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram was the ancestor of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad was the father of Shelah and the grandfather of Eber, whose first son was named Peleg, because it was during his time that tribes divided up the earth. Eber's second son was Joktan. Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. Their land reached from Mesha in the direction of Sephar, the hill country in the east.

Isaiah 66:19
by proving what I can do. I will send the survivors to Tarshish, Pul, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to the distant islands. I will send them to announce my wonderful glory to nations that have never heard about me.

Ezekiel 27:7
The builders used fancy linen from Egypt for your sails, so everyone could see you. Blue and purple cloth from Cyprus was used to shade your deck.

Ezekiel 27:19
Vedan and Javan near Uzal traded you iron and spices.

Ezekiel 38:6
as well as from Gomer and Beth-Togarmah in the north. Your army is enormous!

Ezekiel 38:15
you will lead your powerful cavalry from your kingdom in the north.

Ezekiel 39:1
The Lord said: Ezekiel, son of man, condemn Gog and tell him: You are the ruler of Meshech and Tubal, but I, the Lord , am your enemy!

Revelation 20:8
He will fool the countries of Gog and Magog, which are at the far ends of the earth, and their people will follow him into battle. They will have as many followers as there are grains of sand along the beach,

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.