Exodus 34:1

Hew thee two tables. — Something is always lost by sin, even when it is forgiven. The first tables were “the work of God” (Exodus 32:16). the second were hewn by the hand of Moses.

Of stone. — Literally, of stones — hewn, i.e., out of two separate stones, which could not be said of the first tables, since none knew how God had fashioned them.

I will write. — It is quite clear, though some have maintained the contrary, that the second tables, equally with the first, were inscribed “with the finger of God.” (Comp. Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:2; Deuteronomy 10:4.) It is also quite clear that exactly the same words were written on each.

Upon these tables. — Heb., upon the tables.