And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
Parallel translations
- WEB He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them to me.
- KJV And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
- NKJV And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the Lord had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.
- NASB Then He wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.
- NLT Once again the Lord wrote the Ten Commandments on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the Lord had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain.
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Quick answer
God rewrote the Ten Commandments, the words spoken from the fire at the assembly, and gave them to Moses. The Decalogue stands as the covenant's enduring core.
Overview
The renewed tablets bore the same Ten Commandments first proclaimed amid fire at Horeb. By restoring this very summary of His will, God reaffirmed the foundation of His covenant with Israel. These commandments remain the abiding expression of God's righteous character, fulfilled and upheld in the life and teaching of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 9:10Then 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.
- Exod 34:28So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
- Deut 4:11–15You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Deut 18:16This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
- Heb 12:18–19For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- Deut 5:4–26The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
- Exod 19:17–18Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
- Exod 20:1–17And God spoke all these words:
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