Deuteronomy 10:2

Verse

And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”

American Standard Version (1901)

And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Bible in Basic English

And I will put on the stones the words which were on the first stones which were broken by you, and you are to put them into the ark.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I will write on the tables the words that were in them, which thou brokest before, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Free Bible Version

I will write same the words on the tablets that were on the first ones, which you broke. Then put them in the Ark.”

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

One Unity Resource Bible

I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”

Translation for Translators

I will write on those tablets the same words that I wrote on the first tablets, the ones that you broke. Then you can put them in the chest.’

Unlocked Literal Bible

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the ark.'

Noah Webster Bible

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

World English Bible

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”

Young's Literal Translation

and I write on the tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou hast broken, and thou hast placed them in the ark;

Context

New Stone Tablets

¹At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.²And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”

Sermons

Be Not Borderers.

Horatius Bonar

Summary

In Deuteronomy 10:2, Moses recounts how God commanded him to make two stone tablets like the first ones, which were broken in anger. These tablets were to replace the original ones and were to be placed in the Ark of the Covenant as a symbol of God's covenant with the Israelites. This event serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and mercy, despite the people's disobedience. It also underscores the importance of repentance, restoration, and the enduring nature of God's promises.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest,.... (a) Though they were hewn by Moses, the writing on them was the Lord's; and the very same laws, in the same words, without any alteration or variation, were written by him on these as on the former; partly to show the authenticity of them, that they were of God and not Moses, of a divine original and not human; and partly to show the invariableness of them, that no change had been made in them, though they had been broken by the people; of which Moses's breaking the tables was a representation: and thou shall put them in the ark; which being a type of Christ may signify the fulfilment of the law by him, who is the end, the fulfilling end of the law for righteousness to every believer; and that as this was in his heart to fulfil it, so it is in his hand as a rule of faith and conversation to his people. (a) See a Sermon of mine on this text, called, "The Law in the Hand of Christ."