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Exodus 31:18

Context
NET ©

He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God. 1 

NIV ©

When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

NASB ©

When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

NLT ©

Then as the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, written by the finger of God.

MSG ©

When he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses two tablets of Testimony, slabs of stone, written with the finger of God.

BBE ©

And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.

NRSV ©

When God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

NKJV ©

And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.


KJV
And he gave
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unto Moses
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when he had made an end
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of communing
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with him upon mount
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Sinai
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two
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tables
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of testimony
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tables
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of stone
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written
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with the finger
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of God
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NASB ©
When He had finished
<03615>
speaking
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with him upon Mount
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Sinai
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, He gave
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Moses
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the two
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tablets
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of the testimony
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, tablets
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of stone
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, written
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by the finger
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of God
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.
HEBREW
Myhla
<0430>
ebuab
<0676>
Mybtk
<03789>
Nba
<068>
txl
<03871>
tdeh
<05715>
txl
<03871>
yns
<08147>
ynyo
<05514>
rhb
<02022>
wta
<0854>
rbdl
<01696>
wtlkk
<03615>
hsm
<04872>
la
<0413>
Ntyw (31:18)
<05414>
LXXM
kai
<2532
CONJ
edwken
<1325
V-AAI-3S
mwusei {N-DSM} hnika
<2259
ADV
katepausen
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V-AAI-3S
lalwn
<2980
V-PAPNS
autw
<846
D-DSM
en
<1722
PREP
tw
<3588
T-DSN
orei
<3735
N-DSN
tw
<3588
T-DSN
sina
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N-PRI
tav
<3588
T-APF
duo
<1417
N-NUI
plakav
<4109
N-APF
tou
<3588
T-GSN
marturiou
<3142
N-GSN
plakav
<4109
N-APF
liyinav
<3035
A-APF
gegrammenav
<1125
V-RPPAP
tw
<3588
T-DSM
daktulw
<1147
N-DSM
tou
<3588
T-GSM
yeou
<2316
N-GSM
NET © [draft] ITL
He gave
<05414>
Moses
<04872>
two
<08147>
tablets
<03871>
of testimony
<05715>
when he had finished
<03615>
speaking
<01696>
with
<0854>
him on Mount
<02022>
Sinai
<05514>
, tablets
<03871>
of stone
<068>
written
<03789>
by the finger
<0676>
of God
<0430>
.
NET ©

He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God. 1 

NET © Notes

sn The expression “the finger of God” has come up before in the book, in the plagues (Exod 8:15) to express that it was a demonstration of the power and authority of God. So here too the commandments given to Moses on stone tablets came from God. It too is a bold anthropomorphism; to attribute such a material action to Yahweh would have been thought provoking to say the least. But by using “God” and by stating it in an obviously figurative way, balance is maintained. Since no one writes with one finger, the expression simply says that the Law came directly from God.



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