Devarim 10: Out of Ahron

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Apr 14, 2026 · 4m

The first half of the chapter has an odd chronology. The chapter opens with Moshe carving the new tablets and coming down from the mountain:

“At that time the LORD said to me: Carve two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain… I carved two tablets of stone like the first, and I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.” (Deuteronomy 10:1–3)

בָּעֵת הַהִוא אָמַר ה׳ אֵלַי פְּסָל־לְךָ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַעֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה…

וָאֶפְסֹל שְׁנֵי־לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וָאַעַל הָהָרָה וּשְׁנֵי הַלֻּחֹת בְּיָדִי

Moshe then states that God…