And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
So I made a chest out of acacia wood, carved two stone tablets like the first ones, and climbed up the mountain carrying the two tablets in my hands.
Moses is telling how he made a wooden chest and prepared new stone tablets to replace the ones he had broken, then carried them up Mount Sinai to meet with God again.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes Moses' second trip up Mount Sinai after he had broken the original stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments in anger over Israel's worship of the golden calf. The 'ark of shittim wood' refers to what would become the famous Ark of the Covenant, the sacred chest that would house the stone tablets. This event occurred during Israel's 40-year wilderness journey after their exodus from Egypt.
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