So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
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So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
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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.
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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.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 9:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 19:18 All of Mount Sinai smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
- Deuteronomy 5:23 When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
- Deuteronomy 4:11 You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Exodus 9:23 Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 32:14-35 So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people. Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were written on one side and on the other. The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.” He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.” As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain. He took the calf which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it. Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?” Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. For they said to me, ‘Make us gods, which shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them take it off.’ So they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.” When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies), then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to me!” All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ” The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day. Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.” On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.” Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.” Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book. Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.” Yahweh struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
- Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 9:15 So I turned and came down from…
Deu 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.
Ver. 15. So I returned.] Yet not till he had first prayed and prevailed. {Exo 32:1; Exo 32:14}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So I turned and came down from the mount,....…
So I turned and came down from the mount,.... As the Lord commanded:
and the mount burned with fire; as it had for six weeks past, ever since the Lord's descent upon it; and so it continued, for the words may be rendered, "and the mount was burning" (b); and yet this did not deter the Israelites from idolatry:
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and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands: one table in one hand, and the other in the other hand.
(b) "de monte ardente", V. L. Heb. "burning", Ainsworth.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. So I turned and came down, etc.] Exo_32:15.
15. So I turned and came down, etc.] Exo_32:15.
and the mount burned with fire] A circumstantial clause: the mount all the time burning with fire: not in Ex. In the next clause D adds two to hands.
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16a. Substantially the same as Exo_32:19 a.
16b. Purely deuteronomic tradition: see Deu_9:12 b.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) So I turned . . .—This verse nearly…
(15) So I turned . . .—This verse nearly repeats Exo_32:15.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses continues reminding the people of Israel what happened in the past.
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behold
The word "behold" here shows that Moses was surprised by what he saw.
molded for yourselves a calf
The Israelites of the earlier generation had asked Aaron to make a metal calf so they could worship it. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
You had quickly turned aside out of the path that Yahweh had commanded you
Moses speaks as if obeying God's commands were walking along a path. See how you translated these words in Deuteronomy 9:12. AT: "You had quickly disobeyed what Yahweh had commanded you"
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