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Exodus 31:18

Exodus 31:18
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him on Mount Sinai,.... After all those laws, orders, and instructions before related, which having done, he ceased to converse with…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Two tables of testimony - See Exo 25:16; Exo 32:15. The tables of stone which represented the covenant between Yahweh and His people, and which, when covered with the mercy-seat were to give the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

When he had made an end of communing - When the forty days and forty nights were ended.

Two tables of testimony - See Clarke's note on Exo 34:1. Tables of stone - That the record might be lasting,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 31:12-18

Here is, I. A strict command for the sanctification of the sabbath day, Exo 31:13-17. The law of the sabbath had been given them before any other law, by was of preparation (Exo 16:23); it had been…