Deuteronomy 10:5

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.”

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."

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.

Bible in Basic English
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.

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“The Lord said to me at that time, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come to me on the mountain and make a wooden ark. ²I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’ ³So I made an ark of acacia wood, cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. ⁴Then on the day of the assembly, the Lord wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that he had spoken to you on the mountain from the fire. The Lord gave them to me, ⁵and 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.”⁶The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. Aaron died and was buried there, and Eleazar his son became priest in his place. ⁷They traveled from there to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with flowing streams. ⁸“At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today. ⁹For this reason, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance like his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God told him. ¹⁰“I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time. The Lord also listened to me on this occasion; he agreed not to annihilate 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
These are the family records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.

Genesis 10:9
He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord.”

Genesis 10:20
These are Ham’s sons by their clans, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

Genesis 10:25
Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshishand the coasts and islands bring tribute,the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

Isaiah 24:15
Therefore, in the east honor the Lord!In the coasts and islands of the westhonor the name of the Lord,the God of Israel.

Isaiah 40:15
Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;they are considered as a speck of dust on the scales;he lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Isaiah 41:5
The coasts and islands see and are afraid,the whole earth trembles.They approach and arrive.

Isaiah 42:4
He will not grow weak or be discourageduntil he has established justice on earth.The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.”

Isaiah 42:10
Sing a new song to the Lord;sing his praise from the ends of the earth,you who go down to the sea with all that fills it,you coasts and islands with your inhabitants.

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.