And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
And God wrote on the stone tablets the same words as before, the Ten Commandments that the LORD spoke to you from the mountain out of the fire on the day when you all gathered together. Then the LORD gave the tablets to me.
God rewrote the Ten Commandments on new stone tablets after Moses had broken the first set, showing His willingness to restore what was broken.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is retelling the events of Mount Sinai to a new generation of Israelites as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. After the original tablets of the Ten Commandments were shattered due to the people's idolatry with the golden calf, God commanded Moses to carve new ones. On these new tablets, God inscribed the same commandments that He had originally spoken from the midst of the fire on the mountain, emphasizing the enduring authority of His law.
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