Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. New Living Translation “So while the mountain was blazing with fire I turned and came down, holding in my hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. English Standard Version So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Berean Standard Bible So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands. King James Bible So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. New King James Version “So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. New American Standard Bible “So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. NASB 1995 “So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. NASB 1977 “So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Legacy Standard Bible “So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Amplified Bible “So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Christian Standard Bible “So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. American Standard Version So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. Contemporary English Version Fire was raging on the mountaintop as I went back down, carrying the two stones with the commandments on them. English Revised Version So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I turned and went down the mountain while it was still burning with fire. I was carrying the two tablets with the promise on them. Good News Translation "So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying the two stone tablets on which the covenant was written. Flames of fire were coming from the mountain. International Standard Version "So I turned and went down from the mountain while the mountain was on fire. The two Tablets of the Covenant were in both of my hands. Majority Standard Bible So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands. NET Bible So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. New Heart English Bible So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Webster's Bible Translation So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. World English Bible So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I turn and come down from the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant [are] on my two hands, Young's Literal Translation 'And I turn, and come down from the mount, and the mount is burning with fire, and the two tables of the covenant on my two hands, Smith's Literal Translation And I shall turn and come down from the mount, and the mount burnt with fire: and the two tables of the covenant upon my two hands. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands, Catholic Public Domain Version And as I was descending from the burning mountain, and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands, New American Bible When I had come down again from the blazing, fiery mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in both my hands, New Revised Standard Version So I turned and went down from the mountain, while the mountain was ablaze; the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I turned and I came down from the mountain and the mountain was burning in fire, and the two tablets of the Covenant were in both my hands. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies were in my two hands. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Golden Calf…14Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.” 15So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands. 16And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.… Cross References Exodus 32:15-19 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. / The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. / When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.” ... Exodus 24:12-18 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” / So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God. / And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.” ... Exodus 31:18 When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. Exodus 34:29 And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD. 1 Kings 19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. Nehemiah 9:13-14 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. / You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. Psalm 106:19-23 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. / They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, ... Acts 7:38-40 He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. / But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ Hebrews 3:16-19 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 2 Corinthians 3:7-8 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? Galatians 3:19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator. Revelation 15:5 After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven. Exodus 19:20 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up, Exodus 20:21 And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. Treasury of Scripture So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. I turned Exodus 32:14,15 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people… the mount Deuteronomy 4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. Deuteronomy 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; Exodus 9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. Jump to Previous Ablaze Burned Burning Covenant Hands Mount Mountain Round Stones Tables Tablets Turn Turned TurningJump to Next Ablaze Burned Burning Covenant Hands Mount Mountain Round Stones Tables Tablets Turn Turned TurningDeuteronomy 9 1. Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness7. Moses reminds them of the golden calf So I went back down the mountain This phrase marks a pivotal moment in the narrative of Moses. The Hebrew root for "went back down" is "yarad," which often signifies a descent from a place of divine encounter to the realm of human affairs. This descent is not merely physical but also symbolic of Moses' role as a mediator between God and Israel. The mountain, likely Mount Sinai, is a place of divine revelation and covenant. Historically, mountains in the ancient Near East were seen as sacred spaces where heaven and earth meet. Moses' descent signifies the transition from divine instruction to human implementation. while it was blazing with fire with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands Hebrew So I went backוָאֵ֗פֶן (wā·’ê·p̄en) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look down וָֽאֵרֵד֙ (wā·’ê·rêḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend the mountain הָהָ֔ר (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country while it וְהָהָ֖ר (wə·hā·hār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country was blazing בֹּעֵ֣ר (bō·‘êr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish with fire, בָּאֵ֑שׁ (bā·’êš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire with the two וּשְׁנֵי֙ (ū·šə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) tablets לֻחֹ֣ת (lu·ḥōṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal of the covenant הַבְּרִ֔ית (hab·bə·rîṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant in עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against my hands. יָדָֽי׃ (yā·ḏāy) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand Links Deuteronomy 9:15 NIVDeuteronomy 9:15 NLT Deuteronomy 9:15 ESV Deuteronomy 9:15 NASB Deuteronomy 9:15 KJV Deuteronomy 9:15 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 9:15 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 9:15 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 9:15 French Bible Deuteronomy 9:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 9:15 So I turned and came down (Deut. 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