en_tn/deu/09/11.md

# forty days and forty nights

"40 days and 40 nights" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant

The second phrase clarifies that "the two tablets of stone" are the ones on which God wrote the Ten Commandments. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# your people ... have corrupted themselves

"your people ... are doing what is wrong." See how you translated these words in [Deuteronomy 4:16](../04/15.md).

# They have quickly turned aside out of the path that I commanded them

Moses speaks as if obeying God's commands were walking along a path. AT: "They have already disobeyed my commands" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/corrupt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/image]]