KJV King James Version
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.
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Deuteronomy 10:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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,
WEB World English Bible
He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them to me.
ASV American Standard Version
And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Jehovah spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Jehovah gave them unto me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And He writeth on the tables, according to the first writing, the Ten Matters, which Jehovah hath spoken unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly, and Jehovah giveth them unto me,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 10
1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
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וַיִּכְתֹּ֨בH3789 · ka.tavto writeעַֽל־H5921 · aluponהַלֻּחֹ֜תH3871 · lu.achtabletכַּמִּכְתָּ֣בH4385 · mikh.tavwritingהָרִאשׁ֗וֹןH7223 · ri.shonfirstאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]עֲשֶׂ֣רֶתH6235 · e.sertenהַדְּבָרִ֔יםH1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּר֩H1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֲלֵיכֶ֥םH413 · elto(wards)בָּהָ֛רH2022 · harmountain: mountמִתּ֥וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstהָאֵ֖שׁH784 · eshfireבְּי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַקָּהָ֑לH6951 · qa.halassemblyוַיִּתְּנֵ֥םH5414 · na.tanto give: giveיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵלָֽי׃H413 · elto(wards)
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 9:10And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.Exodus 34:28And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.Hebrews 12:18-19For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,Deuteronomy 4:11-15And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.Deuteronomy 18:16According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.Exodus 19:17-18And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.Deuteronomy 5:4-26The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,Exodus 20:1-17And God spake all these words, saying,
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