Exodus 32:15
And 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.
KJV
Et reversus est Moyses de monte, portans duas tabulas testimonii in manu sua, scriptas ex utraque parte,
Vulgate
Καὶ ἀποστρέψας Μωυσῆς κατέβη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους· καὶ αἱ δύο πλάκες τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, πλάκες λίθιναι, καταγεγραμμέναι ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν αὐτῶν, ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν ἦσαν γεγραμμέναι·
LXX
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
ASV
וַ/יִּ֜פֶן וַ/יֵּ֤רֶד מֹשֶׁה֙ מִן הָ/הָ֔ר וּ/שְׁנֵ֛י לֻחֹ֥ת הָ/עֵדֻ֖ת בְּ/יָד֑/וֹ לֻחֹ֗ת כְּתֻבִים֙ מִ/שְּׁנֵ֣י עֶבְרֵי/הֶ֔ם מִ/זֶּ֥ה וּ/מִ/זֶּ֖ה הֵ֥ם כְּתֻבִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2058The "ten words" sum up and proclaim God's law: "These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. and he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them to me."19 For this reason these two tables are called "the Testimony." In fact, they contain the terms o…
§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …
Covers the journey from the Red Sea to Mount Sinai, the giving of the Law, the construction of the Tabernacle, the priestly garments, and the institution of sacrifices. Josephus provides detailed descriptions of the Tabernacle and priestly vestments that supplement the biblical account.
Cross-references
- Deut 5:22 — These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two
- Deut 9:15 — So 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.
- Deut 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.
- Exod 16:34 — As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
- Exod 24:12 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
- Exod 24:18 — And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
- Exod 31:18 — And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
- Exod 31:18 — And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
- Exod 34:29 — And 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
- Exod 40:20 — And 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:
- Ps 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 122:4 — Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.