101 "At that time the Lord said to me, ' Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones , and come up to Me on the mountain , and make an ark of wood for yourself. 2 ' I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered , and you shall put them in the ark .' 3 "So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets of stone like the former ones , and went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand . 4 "He wrote on the tablets , like the former writing , the Ten Commandments which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly ; and the Lord gave them to me. 5 "Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made ; and there they are, as the Lord commanded me." 6 (Now the sons of Israel set out from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah . There Aaron died and there he was buried and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his place . 7 From there they set out to Gudgodah , and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah , a land of brooks of water . 8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord , to stand before the Lord to serve Him and to bless in His name until this day . 9 Therefore e , Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers ; the Lord is his inheritance , just as the Lord your God spoke to him.) 10 " I, moreover, stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time , and the Lord listened to me that time also ; the Lord was not willing to destroy you. 11 "Then the Lord said to me, 'Arise , proceed on your journey ahead of the people , that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-11
Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-11
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Moses reminded the Israelites of God's great mercy to them, notwithstanding their provocations. There were four things in and by which the Lord showed himself reconciled to Israel. God gave them his law. Thus God has intrusted us with Bibles, sabbaths, and sacraments, as tokens of his presence and favour. God led them forward toward Canaan. He appointed a standing ministry among them for holy things. And now, under the gospel, when the pouring forth of the Spirit is more plentiful and powerful, the succession is kept up by the Spirit's work on men's hearts, qualifying and making some willing for that work in every age. God accepted Moses as an advocate or intercessor for them, and therefore appointed him to be their prince and leader. Moses was a type of Christ, who ever lives, pleading for us, and has all power in heaven and in earth.