Exodus 32:16

New International Reader's Version

The tablets were the work of God. The words had been written by God. They had been carved on the tablets.

Cross References

Job 19:24

I wish they were cut into lead with an iron tool! I wish they were carved in rock forever!

Exodus 31:18

The Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai. Then he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law. They were made out of stone. The words on them were written by the finger of God.

Exodus 32:15

Moses turned and went down the mountain. He had the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. Words were written on both sides of the tablets, front and back.

Exodus 32:17

Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting. So he said to Moses, “It sounds like war in the camp.”

Exodus 34:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut out two stone tablets that are just like the first ones. I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Exodus 34:4

So Moses carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai. He carried the two stone tablets in his hands. He did as the Lord had commanded him to do.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You make it clear that you are a letter from Christ. You are the result of our work for God. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You are a letter written not on tablets made out of stone but on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:7

The Law was written in letters on stone. Even though it was a way of serving God, it led to death. But even that way of serving God came with glory. The glory lasted for only a short time. Even so, the people of Israel couldn’t look at Moses’ face very long.

Deuteronomy 10:1

At that time the Lord spoke to me. He said, “Carve out two stone tablets, just like the first ones. Then come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.

Deuteronomy 9:15

So I turned and went down the mountain. It was blazing with fire. I was carrying the two tablets of the covenant law.

Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds. I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God. And they will be my people.