34:1
Having broken the tablets of stone when he saw what was going on in the camp, Moses now gets a replacement set. Moses has to chisel out the stones, and God makes the pointed remark “which you broke”. God here says He will write the words on them, as on the first set. There could be a conflict with 34:27,28 where it says that God tells Moses to write the words on the tablets. However, one can look at it as the words are God’s and so God is actually writing the words, even if Moses was the instrument. In many of the New Testament letters the words were, for the most part, written by a “secretary” dictated by Paul, it was still Paul who wrote them. So any conflict is really non-existent.
34:2,3
Moses was to be ready early in the morning. He was to meet God on Mount Sinai. So despite man’s rebellion, God’s ways and His plans had not changed. This does not mean the sin of Israelites did not matter, it most certainly did matter, but man’s sin does not change God’s plans. No one, not even flocks and herds were to be allowed on the mountain.
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