Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:9
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
9. Based on Exo 24:13; Exo 24:15 a, Exo 24:18 b, E, Exo 34:28, J, this verse omits E’s reference to the elders and Aaron, Exo 24:14, and of course has no reference to the interlaced sentences of P, id. Exo 24:15 b Exo 24:18 a; to the tables of stone it adds even the tables of the covenant, etc. ( Deu 9:11 ; Deu 9:15: see Exo 4:13 and Exo 5:22 tables of stone only, and cp. Exo 5:2); the last fact, I did neither eat bread nor drink water, was either transferred by D from J’s story of Moses’ second ascent of the Mount, Exo 34:28; or was found by him in E’s story of the first ascent from which it has now disappeared. Cp. Mat 4:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. I wholly abstained from all meat and drink. Compare 1Ki 13:8,9,17; 2Ki 6:22.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone,…. The tables of the law, the same law which forbid idolatry, and which they had lately heard from the mouth of God himself: even
the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you; which they had agreed unto, and solemnly promised they would observe and do, Ex 24:7,
then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; and this long stay was one reason of their falling into idolatry, not knowing what was become of him, Ex 24:18.
I neither did eat bread nor drink water; all those forty days and nights, Ex 34:28.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) I neither did eat bread nor drink water.This fact is not related in Exodus concerning the first forty days which Moses spent in Mount Sinai with his minister Joshua. It might be supposed or implied, but it is not recorded.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
9. When I was gone to receive the tables of stone How incisive these words of rebuke! At the time when Moses was occupied with the holiest of duties waiting to receive the tables of the law from Jehovah’s own hand, forgetful of himself, with no thought for his bodily wants even then the people are preparing for the worship of a golden calf! Their apostasy at such a time seems almost unaccountable.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ver. 9. I neither did eat bread nor drink water Dr. Shaw observes, that “the eastern nations in general are great eaters of bread; it being computed that three persons in four live entirely upon it, or, at least, upon such compositions as are made of barley or wheat flour. Frequent mention is made of this simple diet in the Holy Scriptures; where the flesh of animals, though sometimes it may be included in the eating of bread, or making a meal, is not often recorded. See Gen 18:5; Gen 21:14. 1Sa 28:22.” Travels, vol. 1: p. 230.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
These are so many beautiful repetitions of what was mentioned before, Exo 19:16-21 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
Ver. 9. When I was gone up into the mount. ] Sins are much aggravated by the circumstances; and every sin should swell as a toad in our eyes: we should bring them out, as they took the vessels of the temple, Ezr 8:34 “by number and by weight.” See Lev 16:21 ; “all their transgressions in all their sins.”
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
forty days. Exo 24:18; Exo 34:28. See App-10.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I was: Exo 24:12, Exo 24:15, Exo 24:18
the tables: Deu 9:15, Exo 31:18, Exo 34:28, Jer 31:31, Jer 31:32, Gal 4:24
then I: Exo 24:18, Exo 34:28, 1Ki 19:8, Mat 4:2
I neither: Deu 9:18, 1Ki 13:8, 1Ki 13:9, 2Ki 6:22
Reciprocal: Gen 7:12 – forty Exo 19:20 – Moses went up Exo 32:1 – delayed Exo 32:16 – General Num 10:33 – the ark Deu 4:13 – he wrote Deu 9:11 – the tables of the covenant 1Ki 8:21 – the covenant Luk 4:2 – forty Act 1:3 – forty 2Co 3:7 – written