The Second Tablets of Stone and the Covenant ReNewed (Deut 10:1-5)
The Second Tablets of Stone and the Covenant ReNewed (Deut 10:1-5)
The COVENANT of MARRIAGE ( between YHWH יְהוָה ELohim אֱלֹהִים and IsraEL ), which is the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) made at Mount Sinai, was ReNewed at Mount Horeb ( same mountain chain, but a different mountain peak thereof ). This is a prophetic and messianic portrait that the COVENANT of MARRIAGE ( between YHWH יְהוָה ELohim אֱלֹהִים and IsraEL ; not with any church or “the Church” ) will be ReNewed again through Yeshua יֵשׁוּעַ the Messiah.
Here, Mosheh is GOING UP ( ASCENDING ) on the mountain, actually for the THIRD TIME ( not the SECOND TIME ). But instead of going up on Mount SINAI, he is going upon Mount HOREB, which is a mountain peak in the same mountain chain. We know this from other places throughout the TORAH תּוֹרָה and the Prophets where it speaks about Mount HOREB and the COVENANT made there.
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But there is something very different and very critical to see and understand here, about this SECOND TIME, that Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) WENT UP to receive the Tablets of Stone upon which were written the Ten ( 10 ) Words ( Commandments ).
The FIRST TIME that Moses WENT UP the mountain to get the Tablets of Stone on which the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) was written, it says:
[ Note: some English translations here show: commandments ( plural ), but theHebrew tells us: commandment ( Singular ). The singular refers to the ONE GREATEST COMMANDMENT ( the SHema שְׁמַע – Deut 6:4-9, as taught earlier in Deut 6:1 –THE Commandment, representing ALL 613 commandments, which are ONE ( echad אֶחָד ) and NOT divisible or separable. Thus we can NOT add to them and we can NOT subtract from them. ( Deut 4:2, 12:32 )
So do we see what thedifference is?
But the SECOND TIME that Moses went up the mountain to get the Tablets of Stoneon which the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) was written, it says:
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The FIRST TIME, YHWH יְהוָה WROTE on Two Tablets of STONE
and GAVE THEM to Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ).
But the SECOND TIME, Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) -- had to HEW for HIMSELF -- the very TABLETS of STONE, that YHWH יְהוָה ***WILL WRITE *** the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on!
Here we see a beautiful and astounding picture of the ReNewed Covenant.
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The Tablets of Stone which Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) had to HEW for HIMSELF at Mount HOREB represent OUR HEARTS, which we need to “CIRCUMCISE” and GIVE to YHWH יְהוָה , so that He can, and WILL WRITE, His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on them.
Moreover, as Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) WENT UP to YHWH יְהוָה and GAVE Him the TABLETS of STONE, we MUST go to YHWH יְהוָה and GIVE Him the TABLETS of our HEARTS.
If we believe or teach, that the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) was allegedly “done away with” or allegedly “nailed to the Tree / cross”, then we are *** NOT *** CIRCUMCISED in the heart and YHWH יְהוָה *** HAS NOT *** and ***IS NOT ***, writing His the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on our hearts as is what the ReNewed Covenant is all about.
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Next, the FIRST TIME ( on Mount Sinai ) that YHWH יְהוָה wrote the Ten Words / Ten Commandments, representing the “LAW” (TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on the Tablets of Stone, He wrote by His FINGER.
And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the FINGER of ELohim אֱלֹהִים . (Exod 31:18)
Then YHWH יְהוָה delivered to me two tablets ofstone written with the FINGER of ELohim אֱלֹהִים , and on them were all the words which YHWH יְהוָה had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. (Deut 9:10)
But the SECOND TIME ( on Mount Horeb ) that YHWH יְהוָה wrote the Ten Words / Ten Commandments, representing the “LAW” (TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on the Tablets of Stone, He wrote by His SPIRIT.
This is understood and confirmed later through the Hebrew Prophets, such as the passage in Ezekiel 36 below:
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Next,YHWH יְהוָה told Moses to MAKE forHIMSELF – an ARK:
There must be a PLACE where YHWH יְהוָה is going to WRITE, by His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ), His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ). That PLACE, is our HEARTS. The TABLETS represent our HEARTS and the ARK ( which Moses had to make – FOR HIMSELF ) represents our BODIES that contain our HEART.
In other words, we MUST prepare our OWN HEARTS and BODIES as a PLACE where YHWH יְהוָה can then WRITE, by His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ), His “LAW”( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on them.
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In other words, the GOAL and INTENT, as well as the REQUIREMENT of YHWH יְהוָה , is to WRITE
His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) ON OUR HEARTS and then PUT His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ) WITHIN us, so that He can MOVE UPON OUR HEARTS – by His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ), to OBEY His “LAW” (TORAH תּוֹרָה ).
The CIRCUMCISION of the heart is His REMOVING our HEARTS of STONE ( which represents a HARD HEART, a STUBBORN HEART, a REBELLIOUS HEART, which is one that walks in Sin, DisObedience and Rebellion to the COMMANDMENTS of His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ), and one that believes and teaches that we allegedly do not have to learn and obey His COMMANDMENTS.
So YHWH יְהוָה wants to REMOVE that HEART of STONE ( that does NOT want to learn and obey ) and give us a HEART of FLESH ( that now WANTS to learn and obey. ) That is the only evidence of a CHANGED heart, a ReNewed heart, a CIRCUMCISED heart, a ReNewed ( “New” ) creation, being “born again” / “born from above”.
Why else do we need the Spirit of ELohim אֱלֹהִים INSIDE us, in our HEARS, except for Him to move on our HEARTS to learn and obey and to give us the HELP, POWER and ABILITY to KEEP and DO His COMMANDMENTS.
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Have you PREPARED your own HEART as a PLACE where YHWH יְהוָה can WRITE, by His SPIRIT( Ruach רוּחַ ), His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on it?
Are you LEARNING and OBEYING the COMMANDMENTS of our Creator: YHWH יְהוָה ELohim אֱלֹהִים, and WALKING in them and DOING them, with the HELP, POWER and ENABLEMENT of His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ )?
The COVENANT of MARRIAGE ( between YHWH יְהוָה ELohim אֱלֹהִים and IsraEL ), which is the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) made at Mount Sinai, was ReNewed at Mount Horeb ( same mountain chain, but a different mountain peak thereof ). This is a prophetic and messianic portrait that the COVENANT of MARRIAGE ( between YHWH יְהוָה ELohim אֱלֹהִים and IsraEL ; not with any church or “the Church” ) will be ReNewed again through Yeshua יֵשׁוּעַ the Messiah.
“At that time YHWH יְהוָה said to me, ‘HEW ( peh-sahl פְּסָל ) FOR YOURSELF ( leh-chah לְךָ ) two tablets of stone Like the FIRST ONES ( kah-rih-shoh-neem כָּרִאשֹׁנִים ), And COME UP ( vah-ah-lay וַעֲלֵה ; ascend ) to Me, On The MOUNTAIN ( ha -hah-rah הָהָרָה ) And MAKE ( veh-ah-see-tah וְעָשִׂיתָ ) FORYOURSELF ( leh-chah לְךָ ) an ARK of WOOD. (Deut 10:1)
בָּעֵת הַהִואאָמַר יְהוָה אֵלַי, פְּסָל-לְךָ שְׁנֵי-לוּחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים
וַעֲלֵה אֵלַי,הָהָרָה; וְעָשִׂיתָ לְּךָ, אֲרוֹן עֵץ
Here, Mosheh is GOING UP ( ASCENDING ) on the mountain, actually for the THIRD TIME ( not the SECOND TIME ). But instead of going up on Mount SINAI, he is going upon Mount HOREB, which is a mountain peak in the same mountain chain. We know this from other places throughout the TORAH תּוֹרָה and the Prophets where it speaks about Mount HOREB and the COVENANT made there.
“Remember the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) of Moses, My servant,
which I commanded him in HOREB for all IsraEL, With the statutes and judgments.
( Mal 4:4 | Hebrew: Mal 3:22 )
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But there is something very different and very critical to see and understand here, about this SECOND TIME, that Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) WENT UP to receive the Tablets of Stone upon which were written the Ten ( 10 ) Words ( Commandments ).
The FIRST TIME that Moses WENT UP the mountain to get the Tablets of Stone on which the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) was written, it says:
Then YHWH יְהוָה said to Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ), “COME UP (ah-lay עֲלֵה ) to Me On The MOUNTAIN ( ha - hah-rah הָהָרָה ) and be there; And I will GIVE ( veh-eht-nah וְאֶתְּנָה )
TO YOU (leh-chah לְךָ ) tablets of stone, and the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) And [ The ] COMMANDMENT ( veh - ha – mitz-vah וְהַמִּצְוָה ; singular ) which I have written, that you may teach them.” (Exod 24:12)
וַיֹּאמֶריְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, עֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה--וֶהְיֵה-שָׁם
וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָאֶת-לֻחֹת הָאֶבֶן, וְהַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה, אֲשֶׁר כָּתַבְתִּי, לְהוֹרֹתָם
[ Note: some English translations here show: commandments ( plural ), but theHebrew tells us: commandment ( Singular ). The singular refers to the ONE GREATEST COMMANDMENT ( the SHema שְׁמַע – Deut 6:4-9, as taught earlier in Deut 6:1 –THE Commandment, representing ALL 613 commandments, which are ONE ( echad אֶחָד ) and NOT divisible or separable. Thus we can NOT add to them and we can NOT subtract from them. ( Deut 4:2, 12:32 )
So do we see what thedifference is?
But the SECOND TIME that Moses went up the mountain to get the Tablets of Stoneon which the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) was written, it says:
“At that time YHWH יְהוָה said to me, ‘HEW ( peh-sahl פְּסָל ) FOR YOURSELF ( leh-chah לְךָ ) twotablets of stone Like the FIRST ( kah-rih-shoh-neem כָּרִאשֹׁנִים ), And COME UP ( vah-ah-lay וַעֲלֵה ; ascend ) to Me, On The MOUNTAIN ( ha -hah-rah הָהָרָה ) And MAKE ( veh-ah-see-tah וְעָשִׂיתָ ) FORYOURSELF ( leh-chah לְךָ ) an ARK of WOOD. (Deut 10:1)
בָּעֵת הַהִואאָמַר יְהוָה אֵלַי, פְּסָל-לְךָ שְׁנֵי-לוּחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים
וַעֲלֵה אֵלַי,הָהָרָה; וְעָשִׂיתָ לְּךָ, אֲרוֹן עֵץ
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The FIRST TIME, YHWH יְהוָה WROTE on Two Tablets of STONE
and GAVE THEM to Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ).
But the SECOND TIME, Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) -- had to HEW for HIMSELF -- the very TABLETS of STONE, that YHWH יְהוָה ***WILL WRITE *** the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on!
Here we see a beautiful and astounding picture of the ReNewed Covenant.
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The Tablets of Stone which Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) had to HEW for HIMSELF at Mount HOREB represent OUR HEARTS, which we need to “CIRCUMCISE” and GIVE to YHWH יְהוָה , so that He can, and WILL WRITE, His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on them.
Therefore CIRCUMCISE ( oo-mahl-tem וּמַלְתֶּם ) the foreskin of your heart, and bestiff-necked no longer. (Deut 10:16)
וּמַלְתֶּם, אֵתעָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם; וְעָרְפְּכֶם--לֹא תַקְשׁוּ, עוֹד
Moreover, as Moses ( Mosheh מֹשֶׁה ) WENT UP to YHWH יְהוָה and GAVE Him the TABLETS of STONE, we MUST go to YHWH יְהוָה and GIVE Him the TABLETS of our HEARTS.
If we believe or teach, that the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) was allegedly “done away with” or allegedly “nailed to the Tree / cross”, then we are *** NOT *** CIRCUMCISED in the heart and YHWH יְהוָה *** HAS NOT *** and ***IS NOT ***, writing His the “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on our hearts as is what the ReNewed Covenant is all about.
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Next, the FIRST TIME ( on Mount Sinai ) that YHWH יְהוָה wrote the Ten Words / Ten Commandments, representing the “LAW” (TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on the Tablets of Stone, He wrote by His FINGER.
And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the FINGER of ELohim אֱלֹהִים . (Exod 31:18)
Then YHWH יְהוָה delivered to me two tablets ofstone written with the FINGER of ELohim אֱלֹהִים , and on them were all the words which YHWH יְהוָה had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. (Deut 9:10)
But the SECOND TIME ( on Mount Horeb ) that YHWH יְהוָה wrote the Ten Words / Ten Commandments, representing the “LAW” (TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on the Tablets of Stone, He wrote by His SPIRIT.
This is understood and confirmed later through the Hebrew Prophets, such as the passage in Ezekiel 36 below:
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I will GIVE (veh-nah-tah-tee וְנָתַתִּי ) you a HEART ( layv לֵב ; lev ) ReNewed ( chah-dahsh חָדָשׁ )
and a SPIRIT ( veh-roo-ahch וְרוּחַ veh-ruach ) ReNewed (chah-dah-shah חֲדָשָׁה )
I will PUT ( eh-tayn אֶתֵּן ) WITHIN You ( beh-kihr-beh-chem בְּקִרְבְּכֶם ; you: plural )
I will take the heart of STONE out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezek 36:26)
And ( veh - ET ; veh - Alef Tav וְאֶת ) I will PUT ( eh-tayn אֶתֵּן )
My Spirit ( Roo-chee רוּחִי ; Ru-chee )
WITHIN YOU (beh-kihr-beh-chem בְּקִרְבְּכֶם ; you: plural )
and I will CAUSE ( veh-ah-see-tee וְעָשִׂיתִי ; I will make )
you to WALK in My STATUTES (beh-choo-kahy בְּחֻקַּי ),
and you will KEEP ( tish-meh-roo תִּשְׁמְרוּ )
My JUDGMENTS ( oo-mishpah-tahy וּמִשְׁפָּטַי )
and DO them ( veh-ah-see-tem וַעֲשִׂיתֶם ).
(Ezek 36:27)
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Next,YHWH יְהוָה told Moses to MAKE forHIMSELF – an ARK:
And MAKE ( veh-ah-see-tah וְעָשִׂיתָ ) FOR YOURSELF ( leh-chah לְךָ ) an ARK of WOOD. (Deut 10:1)
There must be a PLACE where YHWH יְהוָה is going to WRITE, by His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ), His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ). That PLACE, is our HEARTS. The TABLETS represent our HEARTS and the ARK ( which Moses had to make – FOR HIMSELF ) represents our BODIES that contain our HEART.
In other words, we MUST prepare our OWN HEARTS and BODIES as a PLACE where YHWH יְהוָה can then WRITE, by His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ), His “LAW”( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on them.
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In other words, the GOAL and INTENT, as well as the REQUIREMENT of YHWH יְהוָה , is to WRITE
His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) ON OUR HEARTS and then PUT His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ) WITHIN us, so that He can MOVE UPON OUR HEARTS – by His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ ), to OBEY His “LAW” (TORAH תּוֹרָה ).
The CIRCUMCISION of the heart is His REMOVING our HEARTS of STONE ( which represents a HARD HEART, a STUBBORN HEART, a REBELLIOUS HEART, which is one that walks in Sin, DisObedience and Rebellion to the COMMANDMENTS of His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ), and one that believes and teaches that we allegedly do not have to learn and obey His COMMANDMENTS.
So YHWH יְהוָה wants to REMOVE that HEART of STONE ( that does NOT want to learn and obey ) and give us a HEART of FLESH ( that now WANTS to learn and obey. ) That is the only evidence of a CHANGED heart, a ReNewed heart, a CIRCUMCISED heart, a ReNewed ( “New” ) creation, being “born again” / “born from above”.
Why else do we need the Spirit of ELohim אֱלֹהִים INSIDE us, in our HEARS, except for Him to move on our HEARTS to learn and obey and to give us the HELP, POWER and ABILITY to KEEP and DO His COMMANDMENTS.
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AndI will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which youbroke;
and you shall put them in the ark.’ (Deut 10:2)
וְאֶכְתֹּב, עַל-הַלֻּחֹת, אֶת-הַדְּבָרִים, אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ עַל-הַלֻּחֹתהָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר שִׁבַּרְתָּ; וְשַׂמְתָּם, בָּאָרוֹן.
“So I made an ark of acacia wood, hewed two tablets of stone like the first,
and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. (Deut 10:3)
וָאַעַשׂ אֲרוֹן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים, וָאֶפְסֹל שְׁנֵי-לֻחֹת אֲבָנִיםכָּרִאשֹׁנִים; וָאַעַל הָהָרָה, וּשְׁנֵי הַלֻּחֹת בְּיָדִי.
And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which YHWH יְהוָה had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and YHWH יְהוָה gave them to me. (Deut 10:4)
וַיִּכְתֹּב עַל-הַלֻּחֹת כַּמִּכְתָּב הָרִאשׁוֹן, אֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּריְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בָּהָר מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ, בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל; וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה, אֵלָי
Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as YHWH יְהוָה commanded me.” (Deut 10:5)
וָאֵפֶן, וָאֵרֵד מִן-הָהָר, וָאָשִׂם אֶת-הַלֻּחֹת, בָּאָרוֹן אֲשֶׁרעָשִׂיתִי; וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם, כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְהוָה
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Have you PREPARED your own HEART as a PLACE where YHWH יְהוָה can WRITE, by His SPIRIT( Ruach רוּחַ ), His “LAW” ( TORAH תּוֹרָה ) on it?
Are you LEARNING and OBEYING the COMMANDMENTS of our Creator: YHWH יְהוָה ELohim אֱלֹהִים, and WALKING in them and DOING them, with the HELP, POWER and ENABLEMENT of His SPIRIT ( Ruach רוּחַ )?
Shalom!!!
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