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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:1-11

There were four things in and by which God showed himself reconciled to Israel and made them truly great and happy, and in which God's goodness took occasion from their badness to make him the more illustrious:? I. He gave them his law, gave it to them in writing, as a standing pledge of his favour. Though the tables that were first written were broken, because Israel had broken the commandments, and God might justly break the covenant, yet when his anger was turned away the tables were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:2

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest ,.... F1 See a Sermon of mine on this text, called, "The Law in the Hand of Christ." 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:3

And I made an ark of shittim wood ,.... That is, ordered it to be made, and it was made by Bezaleel, and that of shittim wood: so the ark that was put into the holy of holies was made of this wood; see See Gill on Exodus 25:10 ; see Gill on Exodus 37:1 , and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first ; two marble ones, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, he ordered them to be hewed, and took care that they should be exactly made as the former were, of which he had perfect... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:4

And he wrote on the tables according to the first writing ,.... The same laws, in the same letters: the ten commandments which the Lord spake unto you in the mount ; in Mount Sinai, on which he descended, and from whence he delivered the decalogue by word of mouth in an audible manner, that all the people could hear it: out of the midst of the fire ; in which he descended, and where he continued, and from whence he spake, so that it was indeed a fiery law: in the day of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:5

And I turned myself ,.... From the Lord, out of whose hands he had received the tables: and came down from the mount ; with the two tables in his hand as before, one in one hand, and the other in the other hand: and put the tables in the ark which I had made ; or ordered to be made: and there they be, as the Lord commanded me ; there they were when Moses rehearsed what is contained in this book, on the plains of Moab, about thirty eight years after the putting them, into it; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:3

Shittim wood - See the note on Exodus 25:5 , and succeeding verses, and on the parallel places in the margin. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:4

Ten commandments - See the note on Exodus 20:1 , etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:1-5

The Law deposited in the ark. The first attempt to convey God's Law to man in a written form had proved a failure. The human links in the system had snapped. Moses had overrated the people's loyalty. The people had overrated their own strength of purpose. So far, the Law had been to them a ministration of death. But knowledge grew out of experience. I. WE SEE THE HUMAN FACTOR IN DIVINE REVELATION . The conceptions that dwell in God's mind are incomprehensible until they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:1-5

The covenant renewed. The severe intercession of Moses succeeds at last, and he is directed to get two tables like unto the first, and to bring them up to God for his inscription upon them. He was also directed to make an ark for their reception. There was thus provided the tables of the testimony, and a place in which to keep them. And here we have to notice— I. MAN IS ASKED TO PROVIDE THE TABLES . God loves the co-operation of his people as far as possible.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:1-11

EXPOSITION Moses ' intercession and its results . read more

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