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Exodus 34:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28And 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.
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Quick Meaning
Exodus 34:28 marks the unit's continuing step with “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he…,” which must be read through 34:10–28.
Read It With
- Exodus 34:10–28
Read Exodus 34:28 with 34:10–28. Exodus 34:28 marks the unit's continuing step with “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he…,” which must be read through 34:10–28. The whole unit shows: Covenant wonders and land promises accompany commands against treaties and rival worship, calendar and firstborn practices, and a forty-day inscription of covenant words.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within Exodus 32–34's covenant rupture and repair through the calf, intercession, lethal response, threatened absence, renewed disclosure, and restored tablets, this unit makes the following contribution: Covenant wonders and land promises accompany commands against treaties and rival worship, calendar and firstborn practices, and a forty-day inscription of covenant words. At 34:28, the wording “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he…” makes this verse's contribution precise. Exodus 34:28 marks the unit's continuing step with “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he…,” which must be read through 34:10–28.
What Remains True
Because Exodus 34:28 contributes “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he…” to “A Renewed Covenant Demands Exclusive Worship,” its proportionate enduring truth is: The text remembers survival under threat while also preserving violent commands and outcomes that must not be sanitized or casually transferred.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Exodus 34:28, the line “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he…” serves this contextual meaning: Covenant wonders and land promises accompany commands against treaties and rival worship, calendar and firstborn practices, and a forty-day inscription of covenant words. The bounded action is: A proportionate application of “A Renewed Covenant Demands Exclusive Worship” is this: Refuse dehumanizing labels, protect civilians and dissenters, and examine whose bodies and lands bear the cost of a community's victory story.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 34:10–28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 34:10–28
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NET Bible: Exodus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2026-08-12
Supports: Unit-bounded Hebrew, syntax, lexical, textual, name, measure, legal, ritual, and older-English notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Exodus PDF, complete 127-page PDF, translation and verse-attached translator notes for 34:10–28
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