Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 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.
5. And I turned and came down from the mount ] So Deu 9:15 and Exo 32:15, E, but of Moses’ first descent with the tables.
and put the tables in the ark ] This also certainly from the original form of E; see above, general note on Deu 10:1-3. P, Exo 40:20 has put the testimony in the ark.
and there they be ] Whether this is said in accommodation to the date of the speaker, or as still true of the writer’s time in the seventh century, is uncertain. See above, the general note on Deu 10:1-3. All that is certain is that such was the fact till at least the time of Solomon, cp. 1Ki 8:9.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
5. I . . . put the tables in the arkwhich I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded meHereis another minute, but important circumstance, the public mention ofwhich at the time attests the veracity of the sacred historian.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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 there they continued to be when the ark was brought into Solomon’s temple, 1Ki 8:9 and there they were as long as the ark was in being; which may denote the continuance of the law in the hands of Christ under the Gospel dispensation as a rule of walk and conversation to his people.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) I . . . put the tables in the ark which I (had) made; and there they be.Or, and they were there, or they continued there. According to the narrative in Exodus, the ark in which the tables ultimately remained was made afterwards. The English reader must not be misled by the word had in I had made. There is no pluperfect in Hebrew. The time of an action is determined not so much by the form of the verb as by its relation to the context. I put the tables in the ark which I made, and they remained there, is the literal sense. I made may very well mean I caused to be made, and refers to the ark which Bezaleel constructed under Moses directions.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
May it not be said both of the law and of the gospel, there it is. And as a fulfilled law, in the person of JESUS, was pointed at in this: may not believers say, when looking unto JESUS, there it is, in his sacred person, ratified and confirmed. There stands the sinner’s surety: the law-satisfying, the law answering sponsor of his people. And the prophet had it in commission to describe him as having finished transgression, and brought in an everlasting righteousness. Dan 9:24 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 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.
Ver. 5. And put the tables in the ark. ] Which was thenceforth called “the ark of the testimony.”
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as = according as.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I turned: Deu 9:15, Exo 32:15, Exo 34:29
put the: Deu 10:2, Exo 25:16, Exo 40:20
there they: Jos 4:9, 1Ki 8:8, 1Ki 8:9
Reciprocal: Exo 16:34 – General Num 33:30 – Moseroth