Exodus 34:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כְּתָב־לְךָ֖ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֞י עַל־פִּ֣י ׀ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה כָּרַ֧תִּי אִתְּךָ֛ בְּרִ֖ית וְאֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer YHWH to-mōšeh kətāb-to-you ʾet-ha-dəbārîm hā-ʾēlleh kî on-pî ha-dəbārîm hā-ʾēleh kārattî with-you bərît and-ʾet-yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
*mōšeh*: proper name - Moses
*kətāb*: Qal imperative masculine singular - write
*ha-dəbārîm*: definite article + masculine plural - the words
*hā-ʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective plural - these
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*pî*: masculine singular construct - mouth of
*hā-ʾēleh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective plural - these
*kārattî*: Qal perfect 1st common singular - I have cut
*bərît*: feminine singular - covenant
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: said/spoke/commanded
*kətāb*: write/inscribe/record
*dəbārîm*: words/matters/things
*pî*: mouth/word/command
*kārattî*: cut/make (covenant)/establish
*bərît*: covenant/treaty/agreement

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Exod 17:14 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Exod 24:4 : 4 And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exod 34:10 : 10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.
Deut 31:9 : 9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Deut 4:13 : 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Exod 24:7 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 29:1
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1These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Exod 24:12
80%
12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.
Lev 27:34
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34These are the commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Deut 4:13
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13And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Exod 34:28
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28And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exod 34:1-2
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1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest.
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Exod 24:3-4
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78%
3And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.
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Deut 27:8
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8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Deut 10:4
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Num 29:40
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40And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
Num 34:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 9:10-11
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10And Jehovah delivered unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which Jehovah spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
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Deut 31:9
77%
9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Exod 19:7
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Josh 8:32
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Lev 27:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Deut 5:2
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Exod 31:12
76%
12And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 10:1-2
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76%
1At that time Jehovah said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
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Exod 31:18
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Num 15:17
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17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 5:22
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Deut 31:24-25
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25that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,
Lev 25:1
76%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Exod 24:7-8
2 verses
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Exod 34:10
75%
10And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.
Exod 32:15-16
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Lev 17:1
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Lev 19:1
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Num 30:1
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Deut 27:3
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