It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant.
Parallel translations
- KJV And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
- BSB And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
- NKJV And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
- NASB It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
- NLT “At the end of the forty days and nights, the Lord handed me the two stone tablets inscribed with the words of the covenant.
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Quick answer
At the end of forty days and nights God gave Moses the two tablets of the covenant. The covenant was solemnly delivered into Moses' hands.
Overview
This verse marks the completion of the forty days with God handing over the covenant tablets. It emphasizes the formal, gracious giving of the covenant law. The timing is significant, for it immediately precedes the report of Israel's grievous sin below, contrasting God's faithful giving with the people's swift unfaithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Deut 9:9When I had gone up onto the mountain to receive the stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
- Heb 8:6–10But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
- Num 10:33They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days’ journey. The ark of Yahweh’s covenant went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
- Heb 9:4having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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