Exo 34:28 | NETfull | STEP | So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 34:28

28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; ^{▼▼ These too are adverbial in relation to the main clause, telling how long Moses was with Yahweh on the mountain.} he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. ^{▼▼ Heb “the ten words,” though “commandments” is traditional.}