Exodus 34 10 Commandments
One of the first things moses did was reiterate the ten commandments along with other tenets of judaism.
Exodus 34 10 commandments. Behold i make a covenant i e. For it is a terrible thing that i will do with thee. 4 you shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water. Exodus 34 27 esv emphases mine and the lord said to moses write these words for in accordance with these words i have made a covenant with you and with israel after the lord gave the original ten commandments exodus 20 he also gave other commandments exodus 20 23 23 33.
Exodus 34 10 and he said behold i make a covenant. However only if one begins with v. 3 you shall have no other gods before me. The ones spoken in the preceding verses exodus 34 10 26 the ceremonial and judicial injunctions not the ten words of exodus 20 2 17.
Before all thy people i will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth nor in any nation. 17 are ten directives evident and as will be shown exodus 34 itself calls the reader to look elsewhere for the actual ten words of the covenant 34 1 28. Unlike the first four books of the pentateuch the book of deuteronomy is for the most part the word of g d given in the language and style of moses five weeks before his death moses assembled the people of israel in moab and gave them a parting speech which formed the core of this book. Exodus 20 new american standard bible nasb the ten commandments.
3 no one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain. The others are in the chapters which follow. Not even the flocks and herds. Exodus 34 and deuteronomy 10 are not contradictory.
It appears from the fuller context of exodus 34 that moses was instructed to write these words what words. Most of the reason for this is that although the number of commandments is said to be 10 there are actually about 14 or 15 instructions so division into the 10 differs from one religious group to the next. He returns to the mountain where god rewrites the tablets but also gives him additional commandments 10 of which are listed in exodus 34. 23 perhaps even a festival calendar and should not be confused with the actual decalogue.
34 the lord said to moses chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and i will write on them the words that were on the first tablets which you broke. The new stone tablets. Exodus 34 10 i god hereby make a covenant does not refer to a new covenant but refers back to 34 1 i will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets in effect the making of the covenant of exodus 20 was interrupted by the golden calf worship and is completed in 34 1 10 by god writing the same words on new stone tablets thereby completing the interrupted covenant. In exodus 20 moses receives the original 10 commandments.
But he broken the tablets on which they were written in anger. And all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the lord. 20 then god spoke all these words saying 2 i am the lord your god who brought you out of the land of egypt out of the house of slavery.