I ... brake them before your eyes. —This shows that the act was deliberate on Moses’ part. He did not simply drop the tab…

And I took the two tables, and cast them out. Moses here accuses himself of no transgression. He does not, therefore, imply that he was ur…

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands ,
&c.] In wrath and indignation at the sin they were gu…

So that the Israelites might have no pretense to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy…