Tag: tablets
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Why didn’t anyone else go up the mountain to get their own tablets after the fact?
Moses goes up the mountain and is like “God bro, this is important to me. I don’t want anyone else stealing my thunder, aka, the meaning this event has to me.” Right? So God’s like: ok, but it’s dangerous, so bring Aaron, just in case. Ok …
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What was the significance that Moses broke the first set of the 10 commandment tablets?
Exodus 32:19 New International Version When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. The tablets containe…
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What was written on the stone tablets?
The wikipedia page, and most other depictions of the tablets are that they are of the ten commandments. When I read Exodus, it seems at least to me a little less clear as to what exactly was written, i.e. they have the law and the commandm…