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He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
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The Law and Reconciliation
Commentators explain that the renewal of the stone tablets was a non-negotiable condition for restoring the covenant. Before God's favor could return to Israel after the golden calf incident, His moral law had to be re-established in its completeness. This shows that a relationship with God is founded on His unchanging righteous standards.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
Before the covenant could be formally reestablished, before Israel could be replaced in the position forfeited by the idolatry of the golden calf, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first Which may be an emblem of the ministry of men, which God makes …
Presbyterian
When God made man in his own image, the moral law was written in his heart, by the finger of God, without outward means. But since the covenant the…
