Deuteronomy 10:4

10:4 The Lord then wrote on the tablets the same words, the ten commandments, which he had spoken to you at the mountain from the middle of the fire at the time of that assembly, and he gave them to me.

Exodus 34:28

34:28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.


tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “according to the former writing.” See note on the phrase “the same words” in v. 2.

tn Heb “ten words.” The “Ten Commandments” are known in Hebrew as the “Ten Words,” which in Greek became the “Decalogue.”

tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” earlier in this verse.

tn These too are adverbial in relation to the main clause, telling how long Moses was with Yahweh on the mountain.

tn Heb “the ten words,” though “commandments” is traditional.