Exodus 34: 1-4, “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. And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.”
The Lord, Himself, carved the first two tablets of stone for the Law (Ex 32: 16, “And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.”) but Moses had to carve the second set of tablets after he broke the first set. Moses was right to break the first set of tablets with the Law because Israel had already broken the Ten Commandments that the Lord had given them. This meant that they were not in a position to receive the Law until that sin had been dealt with. However, they had to face the consequences of that first sin and live with inferior tablets of the Law. Even though we confess our sin and it is forgiven in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ we will have to live with the consequences of our actions. When Moses went up the mountain the first time he went with Joshua but this time he went alone. The Lord had already explained everything to him so he didn’t need to have another explanation, he just needed to be given the written information again.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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