Exodus 32:16

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Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

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  • Exod 31:18 : 18 He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God.
  • Exod 34:1 : 1 The New Tablets of the Covenant The LORD said to Moses,“Cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed.
  • Exod 34:4 : 4 So Moses cut out two tablets of stone like the first; early in the morning he went up to Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
  • Deut 9:9-9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing. 10 The LORD gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger of God, and on them was everything he said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly. 11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the LORD presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
  • Deut 9:15 : 15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
  • Deut 10:1 : 1 The Opportunity to Begin Again At that same time the LORD said to me,“Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark.
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.
  • 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry But if the ministry that produced death– carved in letters on stone tablets– came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face(a glory which was made ineffective),
  • Heb 8:10 : 10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

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  • Exod 32:15
    88%

    15Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides– they were written on the front and on the back.

  • Exod 31:18
    84%

    18He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God.

  • Deut 9:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    9When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.

    10The LORD gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger of God, and on them was everything he said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly.

    11Now at the end of the forty days and nights the LORD presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

  • Deut 10:1-5
    5 verses
    81%

    1The Opportunity to Begin Again At that same time the LORD said to me,“Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark.

    2I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark.”

    3So I made an ark of acacia wood and carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

    4The LORD then wrote on the tablets the same words, the ten commandments, which he had spoken to you at the mountain from the middle of the fire at the time of that assembly, and he gave them to me.

    5Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made– they are still there, just as the LORD commanded me.

  • Exod 34:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1The New Tablets of the Covenant The LORD said to Moses,“Cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed.

    2Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.

  • Deut 9:15-17
    3 verses
    77%

    15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

    16When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!

    17I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.

  • Deut 4:13
    76%

    13And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets.

  • Exod 24:12
    76%

    12The LORD said to Moses,“Come up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”

  • Exod 34:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4So Moses cut out two tablets of stone like the first; early in the morning he went up to Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.

    5The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name.

  • Exod 34:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27The LORD said to Moses,“Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

    28So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

    29The Radiant Face of Moses Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand– when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

  • Exod 32:19
    74%

    19When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.

  • Josh 8:32
    74%

    32There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.

  • 1 Kgs 8:9
    73%

    9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 5:10
    73%

    10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.(It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

  • Exod 39:36
    72%

    36the table, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;

  • Deut 5:22
    72%

    22The Narrative of the Sinai Revelation and Israel’s Response The LORD said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

  • Deut 27:8
    71%

    8You must inscribe on the stones all the words of this law, making them clear.”

  • Exod 24:4
    70%

    4and Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve standing stones– according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Exod 37:15
    69%

    15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

  • Deut 31:24
    69%

    24Anticipation of Disobedience When Moses finished writing on a scroll the words of this law in their entirety,

  • Exod 32:17
    69%

    17When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses,“It is the sound of war in the camp!”

  • Ezek 40:40
    69%

    40On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

  • Isa 30:8
    69%

    8Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.

  • Exod 24:10
    68%

    10and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.

  • Deut 31:26
    68%

    26“Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. It will remain there as a witness against you,

  • Lev 26:46
    68%

    46Summary Colophon These are the statutes, regulations, and instructions which the LORD established between himself and the Israelites at Mount Sinai through Moses.

  • Exod 32:4
    68%

    4He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said,“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

  • Exod 32:8
    68%

    8They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them– they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said,‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”

  • Exod 26:17
    68%

    17with two projections per frame parallel one to another. You are to make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

  • Exod 39:32
    68%

    32Moses Inspects the Sanctuary So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses– they did it exactly so.

  • Deut 6:9
    68%

    9Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates.