Deuteronomy 10:3

3 feci igitur arcam de lignis setthim cumque dolassem duas tabulas lapideas instar priorum ascendi in montem habens eas in manibus

Deuteronomy 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 10:3

And I made an ark of shittim wood
That is, ordered it to be made, and it was made by Bezaleel, and that of shittim wood: so the ark that was put into the holy of holies was made of this wood; see (See Gill on Exodus 25:10), (See Gill on Exodus 37:1),

and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first;
two marble ones, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, he ordered them to be hewed, and took care that they should be exactly made as the former were, of which he had perfect knowledge, having received them of the Lord, and brought them with him down the mount:

and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand;
in order to have the words of the law, the ten commands, written on them, these being only hewn stones, without anything on them: they were very probably marble, of which great quantities were near at hand.

Deuteronomy 10:3 In-Context

1 in tempore illo dixit Dominus ad me dola tibi duas tabulas lapideas sicut priores fuerunt et ascende ad me in montem faciesque arcam ligneam

2 et scribam in tabulis verba quae fuerunt in his quas ante confregisti ponesque eas in arca

3 feci igitur arcam de lignis setthim cumque dolassem duas tabulas lapideas instar priorum ascendi in montem habens eas in manibus

4 scripsitque in tabulis iuxta id quod prius scripserat verba decem quae locutus est Dominus ad vos in monte de medio ignis quando populus congregatus est et dedit eas mihi

5 reversusque de monte descendi et posui tabulas in arcam quam feceram quae hucusque ibi sunt sicut mihi praecepit Dominus