Exodus 32:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.

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  • Exod 31:18 : 18 And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.
  • Exod 34:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, Make two other stones like the first two; and I will put on them the words which were on the first stones, which were broken by you.
  • Exod 34:4 : 4 So Moses got two stones cut like the first; and early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had said, with the two stones in his hand.
  • Deut 9:9-9 : 9 When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water. 10 And the Lord gave me the two stones with writing on them done by the finger of God: on them were recorded all the words which the Lord said to you on the mountain out of the heart of the fire, on the day of the great meeting. 11 Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.
  • Deut 9:15 : 15 So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.
  • Deut 10:1 : 1 At that time the Lord said to me, Make two other stones, cut like the first two, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.
  • 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:
  • Heb 8:10 : 10 For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 32:15
    88%

    15 Then Moses came down the mountain with the two stones of the law in his hand; the stones had writing on their two sides, on the front and on the back.

  • Exod 31:18
    84%

    18 And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.

  • Deut 9:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    9 When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.

    10 And the Lord gave me the two stones with writing on them done by the finger of God: on them were recorded all the words which the Lord said to you on the mountain out of the heart of the fire, on the day of the great meeting.

    11 Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.

  • Deut 10:1-5
    5 verses
    81%

    1 At that time the Lord said to me, Make two other stones, cut like the first two, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

    2 And I will put on the stones the words which were on the first stones which were broken by you, and you are to put them into the ark.

    3 So I made an ark of hard wood, and had two stones cut like the others, and went up the mountain with the stones in my hands.

    4 And he put on the stones, as in the first writing, the ten rules which the Lord gave you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the great meeting: and the Lord gave the stones to me.

    5 And turning round I came down from the mountain and put the stones in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the Lord gave me orders.

  • Exod 34:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, Make two other stones like the first two; and I will put on them the words which were on the first stones, which were broken by you.

    2 And be ready by the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai, and come before me there in the morning, on the top of the mountain.

  • Deut 9:15-17
    3 verses
    77%

    15 So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.

    16 And I saw that you had done evil against the Lord, and had made for yourselves a metal image of a young ox: you had quickly been turned from the way in which the Lord had given you orders to go.

    17 And I let the stones go from my hands, and they were broken before your eyes.

  • Deut 4:13
    76%

    13 And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.

  • Exod 24:12
    76%

    12 And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.

  • Exod 34:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 So Moses got two stones cut like the first; and early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had said, with the two stones in his hand.

    5 And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Exod 34:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27 And the Lord said to Moses, Put all these words in writing; for on them is based the agreement which I will make with you.

    28 And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

    29 Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God.

  • Exod 32:19
    74%

    19 And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.

  • Josh 8:32
    74%

    32 And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:9
    73%

    9 There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 5:10
    73%

    10 Nothing was in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt.

  • Exod 39:36
    72%

    36 The table, with all its vessels and the holy bread;

  • Deut 5:22
    72%

    22 These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.

  • Deut 27:8
    71%

    8 And put on the stones all the words of this law, writing them very clearly.

  • Exod 24:4
    70%

    4 Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Exod 37:15
    69%

    15 The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.

  • Deut 31:24
    69%

    24 Now after writing all the words of this law in a book till the record of them was complete,

  • Exod 32:17
    69%

    17 Now when the noise and the voices of the people came to the ears of Joshua, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the tents.

  • Ezek 40:40
    69%

    40 On the outer side, to the north, as one goes up to the opening of the doorway, were two tables.

  • Isa 30:8
    69%

    8 Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.

  • Exod 24:10
    68%

    10 And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.

  • Deut 31:26
    68%

    26 Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you.

  • Lev 26:46
    68%

    46 These are the rules, decisions, and laws, which the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

  • Exod 32:4
    68%

    4 And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 32:8
    68%

    8 Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 26:17
    68%

    17 Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.

  • Exod 39:32
    68%

    32 So all the work on the House of the Tent of meeting was done; as the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did it.

  • Deut 6:9
    68%

    9 Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.