Then the Lord said to Moses, “ ^aWrite ▼

▼Lit for yourself

down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made ^ca covenant with you and with Israel.”

So he was there with the Lord for ^dforty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And ▼

▼I.e., the Lord

, ^fHe wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, ^gthe Ten ▼

▼Lit Words

Commandments.