Exodus 34:28 (WEB)
He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Catechism · 1
“The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words."” — Catechism footnote: Rom Ex 34:28; Deut 4:13; 10:4.
Fathers and councils · 7
John Damascene
“Moses, of a truth, was the first to abide fasting with God for forty days and again for another forty, and thus doubtless to afflict himself with hunger on the Sabbaths although the law forbade self-affliction on the Sabbath.” — editor's note: Ex. xxiv. 18; xxxiv. 28.
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Augustine of Hippo
“We read that the law was written with the finger of God, and given through Moses, His holy servant: by which finger of God many understand the Holy Ghost.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxi. 18, xxxiv. 28; Deut. ix. 10. [The “arm of the Lord” is understood by the Fathers of the Son; so also the “right hand of the Lord.” The “finger”…
Read the whole comment“…is from heaven, we may refrain from secular pleasures: and this is signified by the number of forty, which was the period of the fasts of Moses, and Elias, and our Lord Himself.…But by the number fifty after our Lord’s resurrection, during which season we sing Allelujah, not the term and passing away of a certain…” — editor's note: Exod. xxxiv. 28; 1 Kings xix. 8.
Read the whole comment“…prophets solemnized a fast of forty days,—that is to say, a humbling of the soul,—in the person of Moses and Elias, who fasted each for a space of forty days.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxiv. 28; 1 Kings xix. 8.
Read the whole comment“…securing of their safety,—from this day, I repeat, the fiftieth day in succession was completed, and then they received the law written by the finger of God, under which phrase we have already stated that the Holy Spirit is signified.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiv. 28
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Ambrose of Milan
“Finally, Moses received the Law when he was fasting; and so Peter when fasting was taught the grace of the New Testament.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiv. 28.
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Tertullian
“…up, who in forty days and as many nights maintained a fast above the power of human nature, while spiritual faith subministered strength (to his body), both saw with his eyes God’s glory, and heard with his ears God’s voice, and understood with his heart God’s law: while He taught him even then (by…” — editor's note: Twice over. See Ex. xxiv. 18 and xxxiv. 28; Deut. ix. 11, 25.
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Exodus 34:28 and Deuteronomy 9:9 share the same wording (11 words).
Exodus 34:28 and Deuteronomy 9:18 share the same wording (11 words).
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