Deu 9:10-11 | NETfull | STEP | The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger of God, and on them was everything he said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly.

Deuteronomy 9:10-11

10 The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger ^{▼▼ The very finger of God. This is a double figure of speech (1) in which God is ascribed human features (anthropomorphism) and (2) in which a part stands for the whole (synecdoche). That is, God, as Spirit, has no literal finger nor, if he had, would he write with his finger. Rather, the sense is that God himself – not Moses in any way – was responsible for the composition of the Ten Commandments (cf. Exod 31:18; 32:16; 34:1).} of God, and on them was everything ^{▼▼ Heb “according to all the words.”} he ^{▼▼ Heb “the Lord” (likewise at the beginning of vv. 12, 13). See note on “he” in 9:3.} said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly. 11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.