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Deuteronomy 9:9-11
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 9:9-11
New English Translation
9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there[a] forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing. 10 The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger[b] of God, and on them was everything[c] he[d] said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly. 11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
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- Deuteronomy 9:9 tn Heb “in the mountain.” The demonstrative pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Deuteronomy 9:10 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).
- Deuteronomy 9:10 tn Heb “according to all the words.”
- Deuteronomy 9:10 tn Heb “the Lord” (likewise at the beginning of vv. 12, 13). See note on “he” in 9:3.
Deuteronomy 9:9-11
New International Version
Deuteronomy 9:9-11
New International Version
9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant(A) that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days(B) and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.(C) 10 The Lord gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.(D) On them were all the commandments the Lord proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.(E)
11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights,(F) the Lord gave me the two stone tablets,(G) the tablets of the covenant.
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