Deuteronomy 9:15

15 ¹So I turned and came down from the mountain, and ²the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

Deuteronomy 9:15 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:15

So I turned and came down from the mount
As the Lord commanded:

and the mount burned with fire;
as it had for six weeks past, ever since the Lord's descent upon it; and so it continued, for the words may be rendered, "and the mount was burning" ^F2; and yet this did not deter the Israelites from idolatry:

and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands:
one table in one hand, and the other in the other hand.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (reb) "de monte ardente", V. L. Heb. "burning", Ainsworth.

Deuteronomy 9:15 In-Context

13 “Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they. ’

15 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.

16 And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you.

17 So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.

Cross References

• 1. 9:15 Ex. 32:15
• 2. 9:15 ch. 4:11; 5:23; Ex. 19:18