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I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
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A Deliberate Declaration
Commentators agree that Moses breaking the stone tablets was not an impulsive act of rage. Instead, it was a deliberate, symbolic action performed in front of all the people. As John Calvin describes it, Moses was acting like a herald, solemnly declaring that Israel, through their idolatry with the golden calf, had shattered the covenant God had just made with them.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
I ... brake them before your eyes. —This shows that the act was deliberate on Moses’ part. He did not simply drop the tab…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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Presbyterian
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…
