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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So I took the stone tablets and threw them to the ground, smashing them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my two hands, and smashed them to pieces before your eyes!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and smashed them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, and smashed them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and shattered them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my two hands and smashed them before your very eyes!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So I threw down the two stones and smashed them before your very eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I took the two tablets, threw them down, and smashed them in front of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So there in front of you I threw the stone tablets down and broke them to pieces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So I grabbed the two tablets and then threw them out of my hands, breaking them before your eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I took hold of the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I lay hold on the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall lay hold upon the two tables and I shall cast them from out of my two hands, and shall break them before your eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I cast the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I threw down the tablets from my hands, and I broke them in your sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I took hold of the two tablets and with both hands cast them from me and broke them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So I took hold of the two tablets and flung them from my two hands, smashing them before your eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I took the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I seized both of the tablets and I cast them from both my hands and I broke them in your sight.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />then I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2867" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">The Golden Calf</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>And 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. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: wā·’eṯ·pōś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">So I took</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: biš·nê (Prep-b:: Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">the two</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871: hal·lu·ḥōṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- A tablet, board or plank, a plate. Or luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet, of stone, wood or metal.">tablets</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: wā·’aš·li·ḵêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">and threw them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">out of</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·tê (Number-fdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏāy (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">my hands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: wā·’ă·šab·bə·rêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">shattering them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-cdc:: 2mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">before your eyes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19</a></span><br />As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10</a></span><br />“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm">Nehemiah 9:18</a></span><br />Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-19.htm">Psalm 106:19-20</a></span><br />At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-41.htm">Acts 7:41</a></span><br />At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-7.htm">1 Corinthians 10:7</a></span><br />Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Exodus 32:15-16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a></span><br />They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-21.htm">2 Chronicles 34:21</a></span><br />“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Jeremiah 19:10-11</a></span><br />Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you, / and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8-14</a></span><br />Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever. / These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-5.htm">Hosea 8:5-6</a></span><br />He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? / For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23</a></span><br />and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24-25</a></span><br />These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar. / Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Break</a> <a href="/numbers/10-2.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-16.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-19.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-11.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/exodus/15-15.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-35.htm">Smashed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Tablets</a> <a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">Threw</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/7-19.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Break</a> <a href="/joshua/9-20.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-21.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/joshua/8-8.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/judges/5-26.htm">Smashed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Tablets</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Threw</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Moses reminds them of the golden calf</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So I took the two tablets</b><br>The two tablets refer to the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, which Moses received from God on Mount Sinai. These tablets symbolize God's covenant with Israel, representing His law and divine will. The act of taking the tablets signifies Moses' role as the mediator between God and the Israelites, entrusted with conveying God's commandments to His people.<p><b>and threw them out of my hands</b><br>Moses' action of throwing the tablets is a dramatic response to the Israelites' sin of idolatry with the golden calf. This act symbolizes the breaking of the covenant due to the people's disobedience. It reflects Moses' righteous indignation and serves as a physical manifestation of the spiritual breach between God and Israel. This moment underscores the seriousness of sin and the consequences of turning away from God's commands.<p><b>shattering them before your eyes</b><br>The shattering of the tablets before the Israelites is a powerful visual demonstration of the broken covenant. It serves as a public rebuke and a call to repentance. This act foreshadows the need for a new covenant, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who restores the broken relationship between God and humanity. The shattering also emphasizes the gravity of idolatry and the need for the people to return to faithfulness and obedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai. He is the central figure in this passage, acting as an intermediary between God and the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and were journeying to the Promised Land. They are the recipients of the Law and the ones who provoked Moses' action by their idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. It is a significant place of divine revelation and covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_golden_calf_incident.htm">The Golden Calf Incident</a></b><br>The event where the Israelites, in Moses' absence, created and worshiped a golden calf, breaking the covenant with God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_two_tablets.htm">The Two Tablets</a></b><br>The stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, representing God's covenant with His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is a grave sin that breaks our covenant relationship with God. The Israelites' worship of the golden calf serves as a warning against placing anything above God in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_righteous_anger.htm">The Role of Righteous Anger</a></b><br>Moses' action of breaking the tablets was a demonstration of righteous anger against sin. It is important to discern when anger is justified and how it should be expressed in a way that honors God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The shattering of the tablets symbolizes the breaking of the covenant. We are called to remain faithful to God’s commandments and to seek His forgiveness when we fall short.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_restoration.htm">God’s Mercy and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' sin, God provided a second set of tablets, showing His willingness to forgive and restore. This encourages us to repent and trust in God’s mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_intercession.htm">Leadership and Intercession</a></b><br>Moses' actions highlight the role of a leader in interceding for the people and guiding them back to God. We are called to pray for and lead others towards righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_deut._9_13-21_align_with_ex._32.htm">Deuteronomy 9:13–21 – How does Moses’s retelling of the golden calf incident here square with the details and timing found in Exodus 32? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_the_law_preserved_after_exodus_32_19.htm">If Moses physically destroyed the original stone tablets in Exodus 32:19, how did the Law continue to be preserved without alteration?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_ask_god_for_favor_if_he's_impartial.htm">Why does Psalm 17:8 ask God to treat the psalmist as 'the apple of Your eye' if God is supposed to be impartial (Deuteronomy 10:17)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_deut_29_22-28_curses.htm">(Deut 29:22-28) Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that the severe curses and land devastation described actually occurred?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">I . . . brake them before your eyes.</span>--This shows that the act was deliberate on Moses' part. He did not simply drop the tables in his passion before they reached the camp; he deliberately broke the material covenant in the face of the people, who had broken the covenant itself. When we remember the effect of hastily touching <span class= "ital">not the tables of the Law themselves, but the mere chest that contained them, </span>in after-times, we may well believe that the breaking of these two tables was an act necessary for the safety of Israel. In <a href="/exodus/33-7.htm" title="And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.">Exodus 33:7</a>, we read that Moses placed the temporary tabernacle outside the camp at the same time. The two actions seem to have had the same significance, and to have been done for the same reason.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - Moses cast from him the two tables of stone on which God had inscribed the words of the Law, and broke them in pieces in the view of the people, when he came down from the mount and saw how they had turned aside from the right way, and were become idolaters. This was not the effect of a burst of indignation on his part; it was a solemn declaration that the covenant of God with his people had been nullified and broken by their sinful apostasy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So I took hold</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eṯ·pōś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> </span><span class="str2">To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the two</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(biš·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tablets</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלֻּחֹ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lu·ḥōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3871.htm">Strong's 3871: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and threw</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאַשְׁלִכֵ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’aš·li·ḵêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them out of</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my hands,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shattering</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ă·šab·bə·rêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them before your eyes.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ê·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 9:17 I took hold of the two tables (Deut. 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