Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:4
And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
4. And he wrote on the tables the ten words ] Exo 34:28, J. This adds the words of the covenant, for which D has according to the first writing, cp. Deu 9:10.
the ten words ] See above p. 81.
in the mount out of the midst of the fire ] Above Deu 9:10.
in the day of the assembly ] See on Deu 9:10, Deu 5:22.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 4. Ten commandments] See Clarke on Ex 20:1, &c.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
4, 5. he wrote on the tables,according to the first writingthat is, not Moses, who underthe divine direction acted as amanuensis, but God Himself who madethis inscription a second time with His own hand, to testify theimportance He attached to the ten commandments. Different from otherstone monuments of antiquity, which were made to stand upright and inthe open air, those on which the divine law was engraven wereportable, and designed to be kept as a treasure. JOSEPHUSsays that each of the tables contained five precepts. But thetradition generally received, both among Jewish and Christian writersis, that one table contained four precepts, the other six.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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 assembly; when all the people of Israel were assembled together at the bottom of the mount to hear it:
and the Lord gave them unto me; the two tables, when he had wrote upon them the ten commands.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) According to the first writing, the ten commandments.The words written on the second tables were the same which had been written on the first.
In the day of the assembly.Or, in New Testament language, the day of the Church. The Pentecost of the Old Testament was the day when the letter was given; the Pentecost of the New Testament was the day of the Spirit that giveth life. Each of these aspects of Gods covenant produced a Church after its kind.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
4. He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing In Deu 9:10, it reads, “written with the finger of God.”
It is held by some of the critics that Deu 10:6-7 are out of place, that they interrupt the order of the narrative, and that no satisfactory reason for their being introduced can be given. They would indeed be difficult to account for on the theory of some critics, that the work is of a later origin. Moses recalls the death of Aaron. But though Aaron dies the high priesthood is continued. “His aim throughout is to prove the patient mercy of the Lord to his people in spite of their aggravated sins. The calf worship had brought on them a double token of the divine displeasure. First, the tables of the covenant were broken, and the covenant itself dissolved almost as soon as made; but in answer to the intercession of Moses new tables were provided, written upon by the finger of God, and placed in the ark. Next, the Lord had been angry with Aaron to have destroyed him; and with such a judgment on the high priest the covenant of grace to Israel would have come doubly to an end. But Moses prayed for Aaron at that time, and he was forgiven. Not only so, but when the time of death arrived there was a new token of God’s restored and enduring favour, when ‘Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his [Aaron’s] stead.’ Thus doubly, at the close of their wanderings, by the presence of the new tables in the ark, and by the high priesthood of Eleazar in the place of Aaron, mercy had rejoiced against judgment. These verses, then, are natural in a retrospect by Moses himself at the close of his life, and on this hypothesis alone.” BIRKS, The Pentateuch and its Anatomists, pp. 261, 262.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
It is GOD’S writing, and that is the best authority. The same as was before, for nothing can be added to it, or taken from it: and when the Son of GOD came, he made no alteration in it. He fulfilled indeed the whole in his righteous person: but suffered not a jot, or tittle of the law to fail. Mat 5:17-18 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
Ver. 4. Out of the midst of the fire. ] The law was given in fire; it is “a law of fire,” Deu 33:2 given by God, who is “a consuming fire,” Heb 12:29 and hath a tribunal of fire, Eze 1:27 and shall plead with transgressors in flames of fire; Isa 66:15-16 the trial of our works shall be by fire. 1Co 3:13 “Let us therefore have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear.” It is the apostle’s use. Heb 12:28
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
commandments = words. Compare Exo 34:4, Exo 34:28.
spake. See note on Deu 2:1.
unto. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel read “with”.
assembly. Hebrew. kahal, convocation of called-out people.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he wrote: Deu 9:10, Exo 34:28
the ten: Deu 4:13
commandments: Heb. words
which: Deu 5:4-21, Exo 20:1-17
out of the: Deu 4:11-15, Deu 5:22-26, Exo 19:18, Heb 12:18, Heb 12:19
in the day: Deu 9:10, Deu 18:16, Exo 19:17
Reciprocal: Deu 10:1 – Hew
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the {b} assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
(b) When you were assembled to receive the Law.