I wish the things I say were carved\par with an iron tool on lead\par or scratched on a rock\par so they would last forever.\par
Exodus 32:16 - Easy To Read Version God himself had made those stones. And God himself wrote the commandments on those stones. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The tables were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. American Standard Version (1901) And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. Common English Bible The tablets were God’s own work. What was written there was God’s own writing inscribed on the tablets. Catholic Public Domain Version and accomplished by the work of God. Also, the writing of God was engraved on the tablets. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And made by the work of God. The writing also of God was graven in the tables. |
I wish the things I say were carved\par with an iron tool on lead\par or scratched on a rock\par so they would last forever.\par
So the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai. Then the Lord gave him the two flat stones with the Agreement [325] on them. God used his finger and wrote on the stones.
Then Moses went down the mountain. Moses had the two flat stones with the Agreement [328] on them. Those commandments were written on both sides of the stone, front and back.
{While going down the mountain, Joshua heard the noise from the party in camp. Joshua said to Moses, “It sounds like war down in the camp!”
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make two more flat stones like the first two that were broken. I will write the same words on these stones that were written on the first two stones.
So Moses made two more flat stones like the first ones. Then early the next morning he went up Mount Sinai. Moses did everything like the Lord had commanded him. Moses carried the two flat stones with him.
You show that you are a letter from Christ that he sent through us. This letter is not written with ink but with the Spirit {\cf2\super [7]} of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets. {\cf2\super [8]} It is written on human hearts.
The old agreement {\cf2\super [10]} (the law) that brought death was written with words on stone. {\cf2\super [11]} It came with \{God’s\} glory. The face of Moses {\cf2\super [12]} was so bright with glory that the people of Israel (the Jews) could not continue looking at his face. And that glory later disappeared.
“At that time, the Lord said to me, ‘You must cut out two flat stones like the first two stones. Then you must come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden box.
“Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two flat stones of the Agreement were in my hands.
This is the new agreement I will give the people of Israel. {\cf2\super [89]} \par I will give this agreement in the future, says the Lord:\par I will put my laws in their minds,\par and I will write my laws on their hearts.\par I will be their God,\par and they will be my people.\par