KJV King James Version
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.
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Deuteronomy 10:5
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.
ASV American Standard Version
And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I turn and come down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made, and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 10
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.
8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
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וָאֵ֗פֶןH6437 · pa.nahto turnוָֽאֵרֵד֙H3381 · ya.radto go downמִן־H4480 · minfromהָהָ֔רH2022 · harmountain: mountוָֽאָשִׂם֙H7760 · sumto set: makeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַלֻּחֹ֔תH3871 · lu.achtabletבָּאָר֖וֹןH727 · a.ronarkאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשִׂ֑יתִיH6213 · a.sahto make: doוַיִּ֣הְיוּH1961 · ha.yahto beשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichצִוַּ֖נִיH6680 · tsa.vahto commandיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Exodus 40:20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:Exodus 34:29And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.Deuteronomy 10:2And 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.Deuteronomy 9:15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant [were] in my two hands.Exodus 25:16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.Joshua 4:9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.Exodus 32:15And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [were] in his hand: the tables [were] written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other [were] they written.1 Kings 8:8-9And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
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