What were the two tables of the testimony that Moses carried down Mount Sinai?
Moses carried them down from Mount Sinai. They were the moral law—the Ten Commandments—written on both their sides, one side and the other. The tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the tables.
Les explains that the two tables of the testimony were the moral law, the Ten Commandments, written on both their sides, one side and the other. The tables themselves were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God graven upon them. Moses turned and went down from the mount with them in his hand. Joshua evidently accompanied Moses up the mountain but stayed back from the very presence of God, and now they pick up their companionship as they come down out of Mount Sinai. When Moses came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands and broke them beneath the mountain.
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
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