Deuteronomy 10:5

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.

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 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.

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 At that time the Lord said to me, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden Ark. ² 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." ³ So I made the Ark out of acacia wood, and I cut out two stone tablets like the first ones. Then I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. ⁴ The Lord wrote the same things on these tablets he had written before —the Ten Commandments that he had told you on the mountain from the fire, on the day you were gathered there. And the Lord gave them to me. ⁵ 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. ⁶ (The people of Israel went from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. Aaron died there and was buried; his son Eleazar became priest in his place. ⁷ From Moserah they went to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah they went to Jotbathah, a place with streams of water. ⁸ At that time the Lord chose the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord . They were to serve the Lord and to bless the people in his name, which they still do today. ⁹ That is why the Levites did not receive any land of their own; instead, they received the Lord himself as their gift, as the Lord your God told them.) ¹⁰ I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights just like the first time, and the Lord listened to me this time also. He did not want to destroy 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
This is the family history of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. After the flood these three men had sons.

Genesis 10:9
He was a great hunter before the Lord , which is why people say someone is "like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord ."

Genesis 10:20
All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.

Genesis 10:25
Eber was the father of two sons—one named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his life, and the other was named Joktan.

Psalms 72:10
Let the kings of Tarshish and the faraway lands bring him gifts. Let the kings of Sheba and Seba bring their presents to him.

Isaiah 24:15
People in the east, praise the Lord . People in the islands of the sea, praise the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

Isaiah 40:15
The nations are like one small drop in a bucket; they are no more than the dust on his measuring scales. To him the islands are no more than fine dust on his scales.

Isaiah 41:5
All you faraway places, look and be afraid; all you places far away on the earth, shake with fear. Come close and listen to me.

Isaiah 42:4
he will not lose hope or give up until he brings justice to the world. And people far away will trust his teachings."

Isaiah 42:10
Sing a new song to the Lord ; sing his praise everywhere on the earth. Praise him, you people who sail on the seas and you animals who live in them. Praise him, you people living in faraway places.

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.