Exodus 34:28

He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

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WEBBE

He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

BSB

So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant — the Ten Commandments.

KJV

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

ASV

And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

BBE

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

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וַיְהִי־ vay·hi- and he was H1961 שָׁם sham there H8033 עִם־ 'im- with H5973 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אַרְבָּעִים 'ar·ba·'im forty H705 יוֹם yom day[s] H3117 וְאַרְבָּעִים ve·'ar·ba·'im and forty H705 לַיְלָה lay·lah night[s] H3915 לֶחֶם le·chem food H3899 לֹא lo' not H3808 אָכַל 'a·khal he ate H398 וּמַיִם u·ma·yim and water H4325 לֹא lo' not H3808 שָׁתָה sha·tah he drank H8354 וַיִּכְתֹּב vai·yikh·to and he wrote H3789 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הַלֻּחֹת ha·lu·chot the tablets H3871 אֵת 'et (marks the object) H853 דִּבְרֵי div·rei [the] words of H1697 הַבְּרִית ha·be·rit the covenant H1285 עֲשֶׂרֶת 'a·se·ret [the] ten H6235 הַדְּבָרִים ha·de·va·rim the words H1697

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 28–35

Near and spiritual communion with God improves the graces of a renewed and holy character. Serious godliness puts a lustre upon a man's countenance, such as commands esteem and affection. The vail which Moses put on, marked the obscurity of that dispensation, compared with the gospel dispensation of the New Testament. It was also an emblem of the natural vail on the hearts of men respecting spiritual things. Also the vail that was and is upon the nation of Israel, which can only be taken away by the Spirit of the Lord showing to them Christ, as the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Fear and unbelief would put the vail before us, they would hinder our free approach to the mercy-seat above. We should spread our wants, temporal and spiritual, fully before our heavenly Father; we should tell him our hinderances, struggles, trails, and temptations; we should acknowledge our offences.

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LawCovenantFastingCommunionDecalogueForty

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