Deuteronomy 10:2

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Deuteronomy 10:2 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the box.’

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And I will write on the tables the words that were in them, which thou brokest before, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and I write on the tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou hast broken, and thou hast placed them in the ark;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and I write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets, which you have broken, and you have placed them in the Ark.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the ark.'
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the box.’
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt lay them in the ark.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    I will write the same words on the tablets that were on the first ones, which you broke. Then put them in the Ark.”
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And I will put on the stones the words which were on the first stones which were broken by you, and you are to put them into the ark.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them in the ark.'

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הַלֻּחֹ֔ת
lûwach
H3871
“the · planks”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Plural
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from a primitive root

TWOT: 1091a

board, slab, tablet, plank - tablets (of stone) - boards (of wood) - plate (of metal)
  1. וְאֶכְתֹּב֙ kâthab H3789 “and · to write” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  2. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  3. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  4. הַדְּבָרִ֔ים dâbâr H1697 “the · words” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  5. אֲשֶׁ֥ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  6. הָי֛וּ hâyâh H1961 “to be” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  7. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  8. הַלֻּחֹ֥ת lûwach H3871 “the · planks” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  9. הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים riʼshôwn H7223 “the · first” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  10. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  11. שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּ shâbar H7665 “to break” Verb, Piel, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  12. וְשַׂמְתָּ֖ם sûwm H7760 “and · to put · them” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  13. בָּאָרֽוֹן ʼârôwn H727 “in/at the · ark” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

14
words
11
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַלֻּחֹ֔ת plank H3871 occurs in 33 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 4 verbs
  • 4 nouns
  • 1 adjective
  • 2 prepositions
  • 3 particles

Verb forms

  • וְאֶכְתֹּב֙ Qal · Imperfect
  • הָי֛וּ Qal · Perfect
  • שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּ Piel · Perfect
  • וְשַׂמְתָּ֖ם Qal · Sequential Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • עַל upon H5921 ×2
  • הַלֻּחֹ֔ת plank H3871 ×2
  • אֲשֶׁ֥ר which H834 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 25 words from the Hebrew and 27 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 14 Hebrew tokens and 22 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Deuteronomy 10:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Kings 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
  • Exodus 25:16–22 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
  • Exodus 40:20 He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
  • Deuteronomy 4:13 He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
  • Deuteronomy 10:5 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.
  • Hebrews 9:4 having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Deuteronomy 10:2 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֶכְתֹּב֙ עַל הַלֻּחֹ֔ת אֶת הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֛וּ עַל הַלֻּחֹ֥ת הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּ וְשַׂמְתָּ֖ם בָּאָרֽוֹן

I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Deuteronomy 10:2 Septuagint · lemma form

καί γράφω ἐπί ὁ πλάξ ὁ ῥῆμα ὅς εἰμί ἐν ὁ πλάξ ὁ πρῶτος ὅς συντρίβω καί ἐνβάλλω αὐτός εἰς ὁ κιβωτός

And you shall write upon the tables the words which were on the first tables which you did break, and you shall put them into the ark.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְאֶכְתּוֹב עַל לוּחַיָא יָת פִּתְגָמַיָא דִי הֲווֹ עַל לוּחַיָא קַדְמָאֵי דִי תְבַרְתָּא וּתְשַׁוִנוּן בַּאֲרוֹנָא

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    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְאֶכְתּוֹב עַל לוּחַיָא יַת פִּתְגָמַיָא דַהֲווֹ עַל לוּחַיָא קַמָּאֵי דְיַיתְשַׁר חֵילָךְ דִּתְבַרְתִּינוּן וּתְשַׁוִּינוּן בָּאֲרוֹנָא

    And I will write upon the tables the words which were upon the former ones, which thou didst break with thy entire strength; and thou shalt put them within the ark.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Deuteronomy 10:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Deu 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Ver. 2. Which thou brakest.] {See Trapp on "Exo 34:1"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

Deu 10:2. I will write on the tables — Though the tables were broken because they broke his commandment and made themselves a graven image, they were now renewed in proof that his wrath was turned away. And thus God’s writing his law in our inward parts is the surest proof of our reconciliation to him, Jer 31:33-34. Reader, has God written it on thine? Remember, He that loveth not, knoweth not God, and is not in a state of reconciliation with him, 1Jn 4:8.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(2) And I will write on the tables.—It is a common error to suppose that Moses wrote the Law the second time. The mistake arises from the change of person in Exo_34:28, where the same pronoun “he” refers first to Moses, and then to Jehovah. But there is no doubt as to the fact or its spiritual meaning. The tables of stone represent the “fleshy tables of the heart” as St. Paul teaches us in 2Co_3:3. The first pair of tables were like the heart of Adam, which came fresh from the hand of his Maker, with the word of the Law written on them. But this perished by the fall, beneath the mountain of the Law. The humanity which ascended to receive the Spirit for us was prepared by the Mediator on earth. The “second man” receive “the new covenant,” “not the letter, but the Spirit,” which puts God’s laws in men’s minds, and writes them in their hearts, making them God’s temple. Thus the ark and the tabernacle which received the Law are a figure of God’s human temple, and of the renewed heart of man.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

2. And I will write … which thou brakest] So exactly Exo_34:1 b, E; cp. above Deu_5:22, and tables of the covenant, Deu_9:9; Deu_9:11.

and thou shalt put them in the ark] Not now in E for the reasons given above. Hence D’s name, the ark of the covenant. See above on p. 64. For the same reason P calls the tables the tables of, and the Ark the Ark of, the testimony.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest,.... (a) 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 partly to show the invariableness of them, that no change had been made in them, though they had been broken by the people; of which Moses's breaking the tables was a representation:

and thou shall put them in the ark; which being a type of Christ may signify the fulfilment of the law by him, who is the end, the fulfilling end of the law for righteousness to every believer; and that as this was in his heart to fulfil it, so it is in his hand as a rule of faith and conversation to his people.

(a) See a Sermon of mine on this text, called, "The Law in the Hand of Christ."

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I will write on the tables - Tho' the tables were broken, because they broke his commandment, they were now renewed, in proof that his wrath was turned away. And thus God's writing his law in our inward parts, is the surest proof of our reconciliation to him.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

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Deuteronomy, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 14 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is lûwach (“plank”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “plank” (lûwach) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. Exodus 24:12 shares the word «plank» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “upon” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. The verb «וְאֶכְתֹּב֙» is Qal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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