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Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> “The LORD spoke these words to all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness. This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> “These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/5.htm">King James Bible</a> These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/5.htm">New King James Version</a> “These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “These words the LORD spoke to your whole assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, from the cloud, and from the thick darkness, with a great voice, and He added nothing more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the dense gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “The LORD spoke these words with a great voice to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and He added no more. He wrote these commandments on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “The LORD spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and total darkness on the mountain; he added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and thick darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When we were gathered at the mountain, the LORD spoke to us in a loud voice from the dark fiery cloud. The LORD gave us these commands, and only these. Then he wrote them on two flat stones and gave them to me. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These are the commandments the LORD spoke to your whole assembly on the mountain. He spoke in a loud voice from the fire, the cloud, and the gloomy darkness. Then he stopped speaking. He wrote the commandments on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> "These are the commandments the LORD gave to all of you when you were gathered at the mountain. When he spoke with a mighty voice from the fire and from the thick clouds, he gave these commandments and no others. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> "The LORD declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire and dark clouds, and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/5.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, and gave them to me. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> YHWH has spoken these words to all your assembly in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, [and] of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, [with] a great voice; and He has not added; and He writes them on two tablets of stone and gives them to me. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness -- a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> These words Jehovah spake to all your gathering in the mount, from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the gloom, a great voice; and he added not: and he will write them upon two tables of stone and will give them to me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The Lord spoke these words to the entire multitude of you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire and the cloud and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, which he delivered to me. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/5.htm">New American Bible</a> These words the LORD spoke with a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire and the dense black cloud, and added no more. He inscribed them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> These words the LORD spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain, out of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and he added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> These words the LORD spoke to all the assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, in the cloud and in the thick darkness, with a loud voice which cannot be measured. And he wrote them upon two tablets of stone, and gave them to me. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> These words LORD JEHOVAH spoke with all of the assembly in the mountain from within the fire, in the cloud and in thick darkness and with a great voice without limit, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone and he gave them to me.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> These words the LORD spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and it went on no more. And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire - there was darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice - and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1806" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/5.htm">Moses Intercedes for the People</a> 22<a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·də·ḇā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">in a loud</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-ms) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">your whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: qə·hal·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: mit·tō·wḵ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">out of</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: hā·’êš (Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">the fire,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: he·‘ā·nān (Art:: N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">the cloud,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6205.htm" title="6205: wə·hā·‘ă·rā·p̄el (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Cloud, heavy cloud. Probably from araph; gloom.">and the deep darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: bā·hār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">on the mountain;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: yā·sāp̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">He added</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nothing more.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: way·yiḵ·tə·ḇêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">And He wrote them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871: lu·ḥōṯ (N-mpc) -- 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/68.htm" title="68: ’ă·ḇā·nîm (N-fp) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">of stone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tə·nêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and gave them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me.</a> 23And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-1.htm">Exodus 20:1-17</a> And God spoke all these words: / “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. / You shall have no other gods before Me. ... <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-21</a> For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. / For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ... <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16-19</a> On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. / Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. / Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. ... <a href="/exodus/24-12.htm">Exodus 24:12</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Exodus 31:18</a> When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Exodus 32:15-16</a> 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. <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a> 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. <a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-12</a> Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice. <a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Nehemiah 9:13-14</a> You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. / You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Psalm 81:7</a> You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-23</a> For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a> He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. <a href="/romans/3-19.htm">Romans 3:19-20</a> Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. / Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin. <a href="/galatians/3-19.htm">Galatians 3:19</a> Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator. <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-8</a> Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly in the mount out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.These words<a href="/deuteronomy/5-4.htm">Deuteronomy 5:4</a> The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,<a href="/deuteronomy/4-12.htm">Deuteronomy 4:12-15,36</a> And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice… <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18,19</a> And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly… he wrote<a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm">Deuteronomy 4:13</a> And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.<a href="/exodus/24-12.htm">Exodus 24:12</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.<a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Exodus 31:18</a> And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/36-4.htm">Added</a> <a href="/numbers/35-25.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-3.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-4.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-5.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-5.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-36.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-36.htm">Words</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/13-21.htm">Added</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-10.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-15.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-28.htm">Words</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-4.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 5</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-1.htm">The covenant in Horeb</a> 6. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-6.htm">The ten commandments</a> 23. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">At the people's request Moses receives the law from God</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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/5.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/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice This phrase emphasizes the direct communication from God to the Israelites, highlighting the divine authority and importance of the commandments. The loud voice signifies God's power and the seriousness of the covenant being established. This event is reminiscent of other instances where God speaks directly, such as at the baptism of Jesus (<a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a>).to your whole assembly The entire nation of Israel was present, underscoring the communal nature of the covenant. This collective experience was meant to unify the people under God's law. It reflects the communal aspects of worship and covenant seen throughout the Old and New Testaments, such as the gathering of believers in <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>.out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain These elements symbolize God's holiness and the awe-inspiring nature of His presence. Fire often represents purification and judgment, as seen in the burning bush (<a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">Exodus 3:2</a>) and the tongues of fire at Pentecost (<a href="/acts/2-3.htm">Acts 2:3</a>). The cloud and darkness convey mystery and the hidden aspects of God's nature, similar to the cloud that led the Israelites in the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21</a>).He added nothing more This indicates the completeness and sufficiency of the commandments given at Sinai. It underscores the idea that God's law is perfect and needs no addition, paralleling the sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/10-12.htm">Hebrews 10:12</a>).And He wrote them on two tablets of stone The use of stone tablets signifies permanence and the enduring nature of God's law. This act of writing by God Himself highlights the divine origin and authority of the commandments. The tablets are a type of Christ, who is the Word made flesh (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>), embodying the law perfectly.and gave them to me Moses, as the mediator of the Old Covenant, receives the tablets, prefiguring Christ as the mediator of the New Covenant (<a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a>). This transfer signifies the responsibility of leadership and the role of Moses as a type of Christ, who delivers God's law to His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who directly communicates His commandments to His people. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader and prophet who receives the commandments from God and acts as a mediator between God and the Israelites. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The assembly of God's chosen people who witness the giving of the commandments. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai (or Horeb)</a> The mountain where God delivers the Ten Commandments amidst fire, cloud, and darkness. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_two_tablets_of_stone.htm">The Two Tablets of Stone</a> The physical representation of God's covenant, inscribed with the Ten Commandments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_authority_of_god's_word.htm">The Authority of God's Word</a> God's commandments are delivered with authority and finality, emphasizing their divine origin and unchanging nature. <a href="/topical/t/the_holiness_of_god.htm">The Holiness of God</a> The setting of fire, cloud, and darkness underscores God's holiness and the reverence due to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_mediation.htm">The Role of Mediation</a> Moses acts as a mediator, pointing to the ultimate mediator, Jesus Christ, who bridges the gap between God and humanity. <a href="/topical/t/the_permanence_of_god's_law.htm">The Permanence of God's Law</a> The commandments written on stone signify their enduring relevance and the call to live by God's standards. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_obedience.htm">The Call to Obedience</a> The Israelites' experience serves as a reminder of the importance of listening to and obeying God's voice in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 5</a> <a href="/q/how_does_god_dwell_in_darkness_and_light.htm">2 Chronicles 6:1–2: If God is said to dwell in “thick darkness,” how does this align with other passages presenting God as light? </a> <a href="/q/does_deut._6_5_negate_free_will.htm">If Deuteronomy 6:5 commands total love for God, doesn't this undermine genuine free will by requiring absolute devotion?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_deut._22_5_relate_to_modern_gender.htm">How does Deuteronomy 22:5's prohibition against cross-dressing align with modern cultural norms and gender expressions?</a> <a href="/q/why_destroy_religious_objects_in_deut._7_5.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 7:5 require the destruction of religious objects, and is there any historical proof that such widespread destruction occurred?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) He added no more--i.e., He spoke no more in this manner; or, there were only ten commandments. So <a href="/deuteronomy/5-25.htm" title="Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.">Deuteronomy 5:25</a> : "If we add to hear "--i.e., in this fashion.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 22-27. - Here is an expanded citation of <a href="/exodus/20-15.htm">Exodus 20:15-18</a>, addressed by Moses to prepare the way for the solemn admonition to observe and do all that the Lord had commanded them, with which he passes on to the enunciation of the various statutes and ordinances he had been enjoined by God to lay upon them. Verse 22. - And he added no more. "Only these ten words did God speak immediately to you; all the rest he spoke afterwards by me" (Herxheimer); cf. <a href="/numbers/11-25.htm">Numbers 11:25</a>, where the same formula occurs, "and they added not," i.e. they prophesied only when the Spirit of God came on them, but this was not continuous. And he wrote them in two tables of stone. This anticipates what is recorded in its proper historical connection in <a href="/deuteronomy/9-10.htm">Deuteronomy 9:10, 11</a>. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The LORD יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel spoke דִּבֶּר֩ (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue these הָאֵ֡לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those commandments הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause in a loud גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent voice ק֥וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to your whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every assembly קְהַלְכֶ֜ם (qə·hal·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation out of מִתּ֤וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre the fire, הָאֵשׁ֙ (hā·’êš) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire the cloud, הֶֽעָנָ֣ן (he·‘ā·nān) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud and the deep darkness וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל (wə·hā·‘ă·rā·p̄el) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6205.htm">Strong's 6205: </a> Cloud, heavy cloud on the mountain; בָּהָ֗ר (bā·hār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country He added יָסָ֑ף (yā·sāp̄) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> To add, augment nothing more. וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no And He wrote them וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֗ם (way·yiḵ·tə·ḇêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> To grave, to write on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against two שְׁנֵי֙ (šə·nê) Number - mdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> Two (a cardinal number) tablets לֻחֹ֣ת (lu·ḥōṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3871.htm">Strong's 3871: </a> To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal of stone אֲבָנִ֔ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> A stone and gave וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (way·yit·tə·nêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set them to me. אֵלָֽי׃ (’ê·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 5:22 These words Yahweh spoke to all your (Deut. 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