Exodus 34:28

And he was there with the Lord 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.

Cross-reference

Exodus 34:1 Historical context

Exodus 34:1 commands Moses to cut new tablets; verse 28 describes the fulfillment with God writing on them—a direct narrative sequence.

Exodus 24:18 also describes Moses on Mount Sinai forty days and forty nights, paralleling this second forty-day stay.

Exodus 31:18 describes the first tablets written by God’s finger, contrasting with the second tablets here where Moses likely did the writing.

Exodus 32:16 notes the first tablets were God’s own work and writing, a contrast to the second tablets written after the golden calf incident.

Exodus 32:31 Historical context

Exodus 32:31 shows Moses interceding for the golden calf sin, which sets the stage for the covenant renewal and the 40 days on Sinai.

Deuteronomy 4:13 recounts the Ten Commandments written on two stone tablets at Horeb, the same covenant content as mentioned here.

Deuteronomy 9:9 uses identical phrasing about forty days and nights without food or water, but refers to Moses’ first ascent for the tablets.

Deuteronomy 10:2-4 adds that Moses placed the new tablets in the ark, linking the covenant renewal to the ark's later role.

Deuteronomy 10:4 specifies that the tablets contained the Ten Commandments, the same words spoken on the mountain.

Luke 4:2 Typology

Luke 4:2 explicitly mentions Jesus fasting forty days, directly mirroring Moses' abstinence from food and drink — a clear typological parallel.

Mark 1:13 Typology

Mark 1:13 has Jesus in the wilderness forty days, echoing Moses' forty days on Sinai — a typological pattern of testing and divine presence.

Matthew 4:2 Typology

Matthew 4:2 shows Jesus fasting 40 days, echoing Moses' fast and establishing Jesus as the new Moses.

1 Kings 19:8 has Elijah fasting 40 days to Horeb, mirroring Moses' 40-day fast on the same mountain.

Deuteronomy 10:10 Historical context

Deuteronomy 10:10 reveals that Moses' 40-day stay included intercession, and the Lord listened to him on behalf of the people.

In 2 Corinthians 3:7, Paul calls the stone tablets the 'ministry of death,' contrasting the old covenant's glory with the new covenant's surpassing glory.

1 Kings 8:9 Historical context

1 Kings 8:9 confirms that the two stone tablets from Sinai were placed in the ark, preserving the covenant.

1 Kings 8:21 Historical context

1 Kings 8:21 refers to the ark containing the covenant, linking the tablets to the temple dedication.

Deuteronomy 9:25 echoes Moses’ forty-day prostration in intercession, sharing the motif of extended fasting but not the same event.

Deuteronomy 9:18 records another forty-day fast by Moses, this time interceding after the golden calf, similar in duration but different purpose.

Hebrews 8:9 Historical context

Hebrews 8:9 refers to the Sinai covenant as the one God made with Israel — the same covenant Moses wrote after forty days — contrasting it with the new covenant.