Deuteronomy 10:1

At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks to Moses at that specific moment, commanding him to prepare replacement covenant artifacts after the first tablets were shattered.

The words — פְּסָל (pe.sol) means to cut out or chisel, and לֻוחֹת (lu.Chot) denotes stone tablets, emphasizing the physical replication required for the sacred objects.

The thread — This directive parallels Exodus 34:1 and Exodus 34:4, which repeat the chiseling command, while Exodus 25:10 supplies the measurements for the wooden ark.

Why it lands — It demands immediate practical obedience to restore broken covenant records and prepare for renewed divine instruction.

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The Hebrew words

בָּעֵ֨תba./'Etat the/ time הַהִ֜ואha./Hiv'<the>/ that אָמַ֧ר'a.Marhe said יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh אֵלַ֗י'e.La/ito/ me פְּסָל־pe.sol-cut outלְךָ֞le./Khafor <the>/ yourselfשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-two לֻוחֹ֤תlu.Chottablets of אֲבָנִים֙'a.va.Nimstone<s>כָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםka./Ri.sho.Nimlike the/ former [tablets]וַעֲלֵ֥הva./'a.Lehand/ come up אֵלַ֖י'e.La/ito/ me הָהָ֑רָהha./Ha.ra/hthe/ mountain/ towards וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve./'a.Si.taand/ you will makeלְּךָ֖le./Khafor <the>/ yourselfאֲר֥וֹן'a.Ronan ark of עֵֽץ׃'Etzwood

King James Version

At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

Cross-references

Exodus 34:1 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.
Exodus 25:10 And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Exodus 34:4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
Deuteronomy 10:3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.