“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.”
The Lord said to Moses: chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. The covenant renewal begins with Moses cutting new tablets — human preparation before divine writing. The broken tablets of Exodus 32 are replaced: what sin broke, God restores. But restoration requires Moses' participation: he must cut the stone and carry it up before God writes on it. The pattern of the new covenant is already present: God writes His law, but the preparation of the heart is the covenantal act that makes room for the writing. Hebrews 10:16 says God will put His laws in their hearts — the heart prepared by repentance receives the law written by God.
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