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.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV 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.”
- NASB 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.”
- NLT 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.”
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Quick answer
Moses placed the tablets in the ark, where they remained as God commanded. The law was safely preserved at the center of Israel's life.
Overview
Moses completes the account of covenant renewal by depositing the tablets in the ark as instructed. The phrase noting they remain there testifies to God's faithfulness and the permanence of His covenant word. This safekeeping of the law in God's presence points ahead to the perfect keeping of the law accomplished by Christ for His people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 40:20He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
- Exod 34:29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
- Deut 10:2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”
- Josh 4:9Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
- Deut 9:15So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
- Exod 32:15Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.
- 1 Kgs 8:8–9The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside. They are there to this day.
- Exod 25:16You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
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