Moses is reminding the people of Israel what happened in the past.

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

These both refer to the stone tablets on which God wrote the 10 commandments. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## forty days and forty nights ##

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

## on them was written everything just like all the words that Yahweh announced to you ##

AT: "Yahweh wrote on them everything he said to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])