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Originally Posted by pelathais
Exodus 32:14-19 and Exodus 34:27-29.
Yes, apparently twice.
No one has these tablets for analysis. We are entirely Dependant upon the writer's testimony for the details. The effects of these events was considerable and it is reasonable to infer that something spectacular happened.
This whole issue ends up being a matter of faith. There is certainly no evidence that this DID NOT happen, unlike the matter with the global flood hypothesis of Genesis 6. For that event there are literally "mountains" of evidence that it did not happen. The evidence must be respected and must be used to inform us concerning the things that God has done in this world.
The apparent desire of the writer was to communicate that God did interact with Moses "miraculously" here. We don't really have any other information to elucidate the text. "God gave the Law" to Moses. Even atheists will admit to the fact that at least Moses was probably convinced that this was real.
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Not sure I've ever noticed this before, but, in
Ex 34:1, God says that
He will write (again) on the new stone tables, but in 27-28 He seems to have changed His mind. He tells
Moses to do the writing. Any thoughts on why?
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