Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. New Living Translation Then Moses turned and went down the mountain. He held in his hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. English Standard Version Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. Berean Standard Bible Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. King James Bible And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. New King James Version And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. New American Standard Bible Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other. NASB 1995 Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other. NASB 1977 Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other. Legacy Standard Bible Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain. And the two tablets of the testimony were in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other. Amplified Bible Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both sides—they were written on one side and on the other. Christian Standard Bible Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides—inscribed front and back. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides—inscribed front and back. American Standard Version And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. English Revised Version And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. GOD'S WORD® Translation Moses turned and went down the mountain carrying the two tablets with God's words. They were written on both sides, front and back. Good News Translation Moses went back down the mountain, carrying the two stone tablets with the commandments written on both sides. International Standard Version Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two Tablets of the Testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides. They were written on one side and the other. Majority Standard Bible Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. NET Bible Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides--they were written on the front and on the back. New Heart English Bible Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. Webster's Bible Translation And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. World English Bible Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were written on one side and on the other. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Moses turns, and goes down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony [are] in his hand, tablets written on both their sides; they [are] written on this [side] and on that [side]; Young's Literal Translation And Moses turneth, and goeth down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony are in his hand, tables written on both their sides, on this and on that are they written; Smith's Literal Translation And Moses will turn and will go down from the mount, and the two tables of testimony in his hand: the tables were written from the two opposite sides; from hence and from thence they were written. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides, Catholic Public Domain Version And Moses returned from the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides, New American Bible Moses then turned and came down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, front and back. New Revised Standard Version Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, written on the front and on the back. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two stone tablets of the testimony were in his hand, the tablets that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH came to an agreement concerning the evil that He said to do to his people. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tables of testimony were in his hands, tables of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Moses Descends with the Tablets15Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.… Cross References Deuteronomy 9:15-17 So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands. / And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you. / So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes. Exodus 24:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” Exodus 31:18 When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. Deuteronomy 10:1-5 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. / And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.” / 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. ... 2 Corinthians 3:7-8 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 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. 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 34:29 And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD. 2 Corinthians 3:3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Corinthians 3:13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away. Matthew 5:17-18 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. / For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Romans 7:12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. Galatians 3:19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator. Hebrews 3:5 Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later. Nehemiah 9:13-14 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. / You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. Treasury of Scripture And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. turned Exodus 24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. Deuteronomy 9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. the testimony Exodus 16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. Exodus 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: Deuteronomy 5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. written Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. Jump to Previous Front Hand Hands Inscribed Law Moses Mount Mountain Side Sides Stones Tables Tablets Testimony Turned Turneth Writing WrittenJump to Next Front Hand Hands Inscribed Law Moses Mount Mountain Side Sides Stones Tables Tablets Testimony Turned Turneth Writing WrittenExodus 32 1. The people in the absence of Moses, caused Aaron to make a calf7. God informs Moses, who intercedes for Israel, and prevails 15. Moses comes down with the tablets 19. He breaks them 20. He destroys the calf 22. Aaron's excuse for himself 25. Moses causes the idolaters to be slain 30. He prays for the people Then Moses turned The phrase signifies a pivotal moment of action and decision. Moses, having been in the presence of God, now turns to address the situation below. The Hebrew root for "turned" (שׁוּב, shuv) often implies a change of direction or a return, symbolizing Moses' shift from divine communion to confronting human rebellion. This turning is not just physical but also spiritual, as Moses prepares to face the consequences of Israel's idolatry. and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands They were inscribed on both sides, front and back (15) And Moses turned--i.e., "returned," or "set out on his return," apparently without making any communication to Joshua, who was waiting for him not far off (see Exodus 32:17). The two tables . . . were in his hand.--In Deuteronomy 9:15 we read that the two tables were in his "two hands," which is more exact, and more as we should have expected. The tables were written on both their sides.--Babylonian tablets and Assyrian monoliths have usually writing on both sides, Egyptian monoliths rarely. It has been calculated that the 172 words of the Decalogue could easily have been inscribed in letters of a fair size on the four surfaces indicated, if the tablets were 27 inches long by 18 inches broad, and that two tablets of this size could readily have been conveyed in a man's two hands (Keil). Verse 15-19. - MOSES BREAKS THE TWO TABLES. The entire conference between God and Moses being now ended, Moses hastened to descend from the mount, and interpose in the crisis that had arisen, he took carefully the two tables of stone, which he had received, in his two hands (Deuteronomy 9:15), and set out on his return to the camp. On the way, he fell in with Joshua, who must have been on the watch for his descent, and the two proceeded together. When a certain portion of the distance had been traversed, the sounds of the festivity which was going on in the camp reached their ears; and Joshua, mistaking the nature of the shouts, suggested that fighting was in progress (ver. 17). Moses, however, better instructed in the actual nature of the proceedings (vers. 7, 8), caught their character more correctly, and declared that what he heard was nothing but shouting (ver. 18). Soon afterwards, the camp came into sight - a disorderly crowd, half stripped of their garments (ver. 25), was singing choruses and dancing round the figure which Aaron had cast - the sights and sounds were those of a dissolute orgy - Moses was struck with horror and in the frenzy of his indignation, dashed the two tables to the ground and broke them into fragments (ver. 19). The people, he felt, were utterly unworthy of the holy laws which he had brought them - they had "altogether gone out of the way" - they had become "abominable" - at the moment he perhaps despaired of obtaining mercy for them, and expected their entire destruction. God had not as yet told him whether he would "turn from his fierce wrath," or not. Verse 15. - The two tables... were in his hand. In Deuteronomy 9:15, using greater particularity, Moses says that they were "in his two hands." One was in each hand probably. Written on both their sides. This is the case generally with Assyrian and Babylonian tablets, but not with Egyptian ones, which are moreover scarcely found at this early date. Here we seem to have again an indication that some of the Israelitic civilisation had come to them from "Ur of the Chaldees."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙ (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver turned וַיִּ֜פֶן (way·yi·p̄en) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look and went down וַיֵּ֤רֶד (way·yê·reḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend the mountain הָהָ֔ר (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country with the two וּשְׁנֵ֛י (ū·šə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) tablets לֻחֹ֥ת (lu·ḥōṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal of the Testimony הָעֵדֻ֖ת (hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5715: Testimony in his hands. בְּיָד֑וֹ (bə·yā·ḏōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand They הֵ֥ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They were inscribed כְּתֻבִים֙ (kə·ṯu·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's 3789: To grave, to write on מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of both מִשְּׁנֵ֣י (miš·šə·nê) Preposition-m | Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) sides, עֶבְרֵיהֶ֔ם (‘eḇ·rê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5676: A region across, on the opposite side front מִזֶּ֥ה (miz·zeh) Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that and back. וּמִזֶּ֖ה (ū·miz·zeh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that Links Exodus 32:15 NIVExodus 32:15 NLT Exodus 32:15 ESV Exodus 32:15 NASB Exodus 32:15 KJV Exodus 32:15 BibleApps.com Exodus 32:15 Biblia Paralela Exodus 32:15 Chinese Bible Exodus 32:15 French Bible Exodus 32:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 32:15 Moses turned and went down (Exo. 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