“So I made an Ark of acacia wood and cut two stone tablets like the first two. Then I went up the mountain with the tablets in my hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two stone tablets like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.
- KJV And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
- BSB So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
- NKJV “So I made an ark of acacia wood, hewed two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.
- NASB So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets of stone like the first two, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.
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Quick answer
Moses obediently made the acacia-wood ark, cut the tablets, and ascended the mountain. His careful obedience contrasts with Israel's rebellion.
Overview
Moses recounts his faithful compliance with each detail of God's command. His obedience stands as a model against the backdrop of the people's idolatry. The ark of acacia wood, carrying the law into God's presence, served Israel's worship and foreshadowed the One in whom God's law and presence perfectly meet.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 34:4He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
- Exod 25:5rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
- Exod 37:1–9Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exod 25:10“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Deut 10:1At that time Yahweh said to me, “Cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
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