Deuteronomy 5:22

The Narrative of the Sinai Revelation and Israel’s Response

5:22 The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. ¹  Then he inscribed the words ²  on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 9:10

9:10 The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger ³  of God, and on them was everything ⁴  he ⁵  said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly.

Deuteronomy 19:15

19:15 A single witness may not testify ⁶  against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established ⁷  only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

[5:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and he added no more” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NLT “This was all he said at that time.”

[5:22]  ² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the words spoken by the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:10]  ³ sn The very finger of God. This is a double figure of speech (1) in which God is ascribed human features (anthropomorphism) and (2) in which a part stands for the whole (synecdoche). That is, God, as Spirit, has no literal finger nor, if he had, would he write with his finger. Rather, the sense is that God himself – not Moses in any way – was responsible for the composition of the Ten Commandments (cf. Exod 31:18; 32:16; 34:1).

[9:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to all the words.”

[9:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord” (likewise at the beginning of vv. 12, 13). See note on “he” in 9:3.

[19:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “rise up” (likewise in v. 16).

[19:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “may stand.”