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I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed. <a href="/esv/exodus/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> The LORD said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/kjv/exodus/34.htm">King James Bible</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/34.htm">New King James Version</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now the LORD said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you smashed. <a href="/nasb/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now the LORD said to Moses, &#8220Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now the LORD said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. <a href="/lsb/exodus/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. <a href="/amp/exodus/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed [when you learned of Israel’s idolatry]. <a href="/csb/exodus/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, &#8220Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/asv/exodus/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. <a href="/cev/exodus/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> One day the LORD said to Moses, "Cut two flat stones like the first ones I made, and I will write on them the same commandments that were on the two you broke. <a href="/erv/exodus/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. <a href="/gwt/exodus/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two [more] stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed. <a href="/gnt/exodus/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/isv/exodus/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD told Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I'll write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets that you broke. <a href="/msb/exodus/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, ?Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/net/exodus/34.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/exodus/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the first: and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/wbt/exodus/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the LORD said to Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables which thou didst break. <a href="/web/exodus/34.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh said to Moses, “Chisel two stone tablets like the first. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And YHWH says to Moses, “Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I have written on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets which you have broken; <a href="/ylt/exodus/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first, and I have written on the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou hast broken; <a href="/slt/exodus/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah will say to Moses, Carve to thyself two tables of stones like as the first: and I wrote upon the tables the words which were upon the first tables which thou didst brake.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And after this he said: Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the former, and I will write upon them the words which were in the tables, which thou brokest. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And after this he said: “Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone similar to the first ones, and I will write upon them the words which were held on the tablets that you broke. <a href="/nabre/exodus/34.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD said to Moses: “Cut two stone tablets like the former, that I may write on them the words which were on the former tablets that you broke. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets, which you broke.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND the LORD said to Moses, Hew two tablets of stone like the first ones; and write upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall pass over my hands and you shall see my back, and my faces shall not be seen. <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou didst break. <a href="/sep/exodus/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord said to Moses, Hew for thyself two tables of stone, as also the first were, and come up to me to the mountain; and I will write upon the tables the words, which were on the first tables, which thou brokest. <a href="/parallel/exodus/34-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8799" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">The Tablets are Replaced</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6458.htm" title="6458: pə·sāl- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To hew, hew into shape. A primitive root; to carve, whether wood or stone.">“Chisel out</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê- (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ’ă·ḇā·nîm (N-fp) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">stone</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871: lu·ḥōṯ (N-mpc) -- A tablet, board or plank, a plate. Or luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet, of stone, wood or metal.">tablets</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: kā·ri·šō·nîm (Prep-k, Art:: Adj-mp) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">like the originals,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: wə·ḵā·ṯaḇ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">and I will write</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871: hal·lu·ḥōṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- A tablet, board or plank, a plate. Or luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet, of stone, wood or metal.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·də·ḇā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the words</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">were</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·nîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871: hal·lu·ḥōṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- A tablet, board or plank, a plate. Or luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet, of stone, wood or metal.">tablets,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: šib·bar·tā (V-Piel-Perf-2ms) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">you broke.</a> 2Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Deuteronomy 10:1-4</a> At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. / And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.” / So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. ... <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Exodus 31:18</a> When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Exodus 32:15-16</a> Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. / The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. <a href="/exodus/24-12.htm">Exodus 24:12</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” <a href="/exodus/19-20.htm">Exodus 19:20</a> The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up, <a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19</a> As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-10.htm">Deuteronomy 9:10</a> Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-8</a> Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? <a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a> containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. <a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">1 Kings 8:9</a> There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm">Deuteronomy 4:13</a> He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone. <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a> “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. <a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a> Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. <a href="/romans/3-31.htm">Romans 3:31</a> Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law. <a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a> For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the LORD said to Moses, Hew you two tables of stone like to the first: and I will write on these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you brake.hew<a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Exodus 31:18</a> And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.<a href="/exodus/32-16.htm">Exodus 32:16,19</a> And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables… <a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Deuteronomy 10:1</a> At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.I will<a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a> And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.<a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Deuteronomy 10:1-4</a> At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood… the words<a href="/psalms/119-89.htm">Psalm 119:89</a> LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.which<a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19</a> And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.<a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Deuteronomy 9:15-17</a> So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Brakest</a> <a href="/exodus/32-25.htm">Break</a> <a href="/exodus/32-24.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Chisel</a> <a href="/exodus/32-16.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">First</a> <a href="/genesis/40-13.htm">Former</a> <a href="/daniel/4-23.htm">Hew</a> <a href="/exodus/33-18.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/29-1.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Shattered</a> <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/exodus/32-16.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Tablets</a> <a href="/exodus/33-4.htm">Words</a> <a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Write</a> <a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Brakest</a> <a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Break</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-10.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Chisel</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Former</a> <a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Hew</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/36-35.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Shattered</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Tablets</a> <a href="/exodus/34-27.htm">Words</a> <a href="/exodus/34-27.htm">Write</a> <a href="/numbers/5-23.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 34</div>1. <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">The tablets are replaced</a> 5. <a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">The name of the Lord proclaimed</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Moses entreats God to go with them</a> 10. <a href="/exodus/34-10.htm">God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties</a> 28. <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets</a> 29. <a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/34.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/34.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then the LORD said to Moses This phrase indicates direct communication from God to Moses, emphasizing the personal relationship and leadership role Moses held. It reflects the ongoing dialogue between God and His chosen leader, a theme prevalent throughout the Pentateuch. This divine instruction follows the incident of the golden calf (Exodus 32), where Moses interceded for Israel, showcasing his role as mediator, a type of Christ who intercedes for humanity (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>).Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals The command to chisel new tablets signifies a renewal of the covenant after Israel's breach. The original tablets, written by the finger of God (<a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Exodus 31:18</a>), were broken by Moses in righteous anger (<a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19</a>). The act of chiseling represents human participation in divine work, paralleling the New Covenant where believers are called to actively engage in their faith (<a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12-13</a>). The tablets symbolize the permanence and unchanging nature of God's law.and I will write on them the words God's promise to inscribe the words Himself underscores His authority and the divine origin of the law. This act signifies that the law is not merely human tradition but a divine mandate. It also foreshadows the New Covenant, where God's laws are written on the hearts of believers (<a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a>; <a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a>), indicating an internal transformation rather than external adherence.that were on the first tablets The reference to the first tablets highlights continuity and restoration. Despite Israel's sin, God's covenant remains steadfast. This continuity is crucial for understanding the faithfulness of God, who does not abandon His promises (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a>). It also points to the consistency of God's moral standards, which are fulfilled in Christ (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).which you broke This phrase recalls Moses' reaction to Israel's idolatry, symbolizing the broken relationship between God and His people due to sin. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the need for repentance and restoration. The breaking of the tablets prefigures the broken body of Christ, who was sacrificed to restore humanity's relationship with God (<a href="/1_corinthians/11-24.htm">1 Corinthians 11:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is initiating the renewal of the covenant with His people. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to mediate His covenant and to receive the Law on behalf of the people. 3. <a href="/topical/s/stone_tablets.htm">Stone Tablets</a> The physical representation of God's covenant, originally inscribed by God and broken by Moses in response to Israel's idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a> The holy mountain where God reveals Himself and gives His Law to Moses. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_first_tablets.htm">The First Tablets</a> The original tablets inscribed by God, which Moses broke in anger when he saw the Israelites worshiping the golden calf.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_patience.htm">God's Mercy and Patience</a> Despite Israel's sin, God is willing to renew the covenant, demonstrating His mercy and patience. We are reminded of God's willingness to forgive and restore us when we repent. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_law.htm">The Importance of God's Law</a> The Law is central to the covenant relationship between God and His people. It serves as a guide for holy living and reflects God's character. We should value and meditate on God's Word as a foundation for our lives. <a href="/topical/h/human_responsibility.htm">Human Responsibility</a> Moses is instructed to chisel out the tablets, indicating human participation in God's work. We are called to actively engage in our spiritual growth and obedience to God's commands. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> The breaking of the first tablets symbolizes the breach in the relationship caused by sin. We must be aware of the seriousness of sin and its impact on our relationship with God. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a> Just as God renews His covenant with Israel, He offers us renewal through Christ. We are invited to continually renew our commitment to God and live in the light of His grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 34</a> <a href="/q/why_do_exodus_34_and_20_differ.htm">(Exodus 34:1) Why does this second set of commandments differ from those in Exodus 20, and which version should be considered authoritative? </a> <a href="/q/does_deut._27_8_imply_clearer_law_writing.htm">Does the command in Deuteronomy 27:8 to write the Law “very clearly” imply a significant difference from earlier recordings of the Law? </a> <a href="/q/how_was_the_law_preserved_after_exodus_32_19.htm">If Moses physically destroyed the original stone tablets in Exodus 32:19, how did the Law continue to be preserved without alteration? </a> <a href="/q/why_did_moses_veil_his_face.htm">Why did Moses cover his face with a veil?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XXXIV.PREPARATIONS FOR A RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT.(1-4) Before the covenant could be formally reestablished, before Israel could be replaced in the position forfeited by the idolatry of the golden calf, it was necessary that the conditions on which God consented to establish His covenant with them should be set forth afresh. Moses had asked for the return of God's favour, but had said nothing of these conditions. It is God who insists on them. "Hew thee two tables." The moral law must be delivered afresh--delivered in its completeness--exactly as at the first (<a href="/exodus/34-1.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, Hew you two tables of stone like to the first: and I will write on these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you brake.">Exodus 34:1</a>), and even the ceremonial law must be reimposed in its main items (<a href="/context/exodus/34-12.htm" title="Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the middle of you:">Exodus 34:12-26</a>), or no return to favour is possible. Hence Moses is summoned once more to the top of Sinai, where the Law is to be delivered afresh to him, and is ordered to bring with him tables of stone like the former ones, to receive their written contents from God's hand.(1) Hew thee two tables.--Something is always lost by sin, even when it is forgiven. The first tables were "the work of God" (<a href="/exodus/32-16.htm" title="And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven on the tables.">Exodus 32:16</a>). the second were hewn by the hand of Moses.Of stone.--Literally, of stones--hewn, i.e., out of two separate stones, which could not be said of the first tables, since none knew how God had fashioned them.I will write.--It is quite clear, though some have maintained the contrary, that the second tables, equally with the first, were inscribed "with the finger of God." (Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm" title="And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.">Deuteronomy 4:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm" title="And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which you brake, and you shall put them in the ark.">Deuteronomy 10:2</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/10-4.htm" title="And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you in the mount out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me.">Deuteronomy 10:4</a>.) It is also quite clear that exactly the same words were written on each. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Hew thee two tables of stone. Literally, "of stones" - two separate tables, i.e., made of two separate stones. Moses is required to do this with strict justice, since it was by his act that the former tables were broken (<a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19</a>). Upon these tables. Literally," upon the tables," which has exactly the same force. The words that were in the first tables. It is quite true that we have not yet been explicitly told what these words were. (See <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Exodus 31:18</a>; <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Exodus 32:15, 16, 19</a>.) It has been left to our natural intelligence to understand that they must have been the "ten words" uttered in the ears of all the people amid the thunders of Sinai, as recorded in <a href="/exodus/20-1.htm">Exodus 20:1-19</a>, which are the evident basis of all the later legislation. We have, however, in ver. 28, and still more plainly in <a href="/deuteronomy/10-4.htm">Deuteronomy 10:4</a>, and Deuteronomy 5:22, the desired statement. The fiction of a double decalogue, invented by Goethe and supported by Hitzig, and even Ewald, is absolutely without foundation in fact. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/34-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Moses, מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver “Chisel out פְּסָל־ (pə·sāl-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6458.htm">Strong's 6458: </a> To hew, hew into shape two שְׁנֵֽי־ (šə·nê-) Number - mdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> Two (a cardinal number) stone אֲבָנִ֖ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> A stone tablets לֻחֹ֥ת (lu·ḥōṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3871.htm">Strong's 3871: </a> To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal like the original ones, כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים (kā·ri·šō·nîm) Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> First, in place, time, rank and I will write וְכָתַבְתִּי֙ (wə·ḵā·ṯaḇ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> To grave, to write on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against them הַלֻּחֹ֔ת (hal·lu·ḥōṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3871.htm">Strong's 3871: </a> To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal the words הַדְּבָרִ֔ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that were הָי֛וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the first הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים (hā·ri·šō·nîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> First, in place, time, rank tablets, הַלֻּחֹ֥ת (hal·lu·ḥōṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3871.htm">Strong's 3871: </a> To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you broke. שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃ (šib·bar·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/34-1.htm">Exodus 34:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">OT Law: Exodus 34:1 Yahweh said to Moses Chisel two stone (Exo. 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