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

The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me to 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."

Moses 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The finger

The magicians said to Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

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

"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says the Lord. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

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),

General references

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.

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

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