Exodus 31:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Gave

2 Corinthians 3:3

The finger

General references

Exodus 16:34

Exodus 25:16

Exodus 32:16

Bible References

Gave

Then the LORD told Moses, "Go up to me on the mountain and stay there. I'll give you stone tablets with the instruction and law that I've written to teach the people."

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two Tablets of the Testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides. They were written on one side and the other.

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.

He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to observe the Ten Commandments that he wrote on two stone tablets.

"The LORD declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire and dark clouds, and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Then I went up to the mountain to receive the two stone Tablets of the Covenant that the LORD had established with you. I stayed on the mountain for 40 days and nights without eating food or drinking water.

You are demonstrating that you are the Messiah's letter, produced by our service, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

The finger

The magicians told Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart was stubborn and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.

The tablets were the work of God and the writing was God's writing, inscribed on the tablets.

"Rather, this is the covenant that I'll make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD. "I'll put my Law within them and will write it on their hearts. I'll be their God and they will be my people.

But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

But if I drive out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses' face (because the glory was fading away from it),

General references

So Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be kept, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

You are to put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

The tablets were the work of God and the writing was God's writing, inscribed on the tablets.