And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,.... The time of Moses's stay in the mount, when it was just up, and not before: thatthe Lord gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant, as in De 9:9.
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Deuteronomy 9:11
Deuteronomy 9:11
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