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A Divine Original
Commentators emphasize that this verse should be taken literally. Both the stone tablets and the writing upon them were the direct, supernatural work of God. Unlike the second set of tablets which Moses chiseled himself, this original pair was divinely fashioned. Scholars like John Gill and Charles Ellicott note that this was done to give the law ultimate dignity and authority, showing it was purely God's will and deterring disobedience.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 32:7–35
18th Century
Theologian
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be revealed whether he loved his ow…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 32:16
19th Century
Bishop
The tables were the work of God. —Rosenmüller supposes this to mean merely that the size and shape of the stones was pres…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 32:15–17
19th Century
Preacher
And the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides, on the one side and on the other were they w…
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John Gill
On Exodus 32:16
17th Century
Pastor
And the tables were the work of God
And not of angels or men; the stones were made and formed by God into the shape …
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 32:15–20
17th Century
Minister
What a change it is, to come down from the mount of communion with God, to converse with a wicked world. In God we see nothing but what is pure and…