“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.”
Cross references: : Deut. 10:1
“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abundant in goodness and truth,”
This ought to be referred to the Lord, and not to Moses proclaiming: as Exod. 33:19 .
“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.”
Hebrew, not making innocent. Deut. 5:9 ; Jer. 32:18
“And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”
Seeing the people are thus of nature, the rulers have need to call upon God that he would always be present with his Spirit.
“Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:”
If thou follow their wickedness, and pollute thyself with their idolatry. Deut. 7:2
“But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: images: Heb. statues”
Which pleasant places they chose for their idols.
“Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;”
1 Cor. 8:10 Exod. 23:32 ; Deut. 7:2 , 3
“Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.”
As gold, silver, brass, or anything that is molten: And herein is condemned all manner of idols, whatsoever they be made of.
“All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. sheep: or, kid”
Exod. 13:2 ; Exod. 22:29 ; Ezek. 44:30
“But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. lamb: or, kid”
Exod. 23:25 Without offering something.
“And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. year's end: Heb. revolution of the year”
Exod. 23:15 Which was in September, when the sun declined which in the count of political things they called the end of the year.
“Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.”
Deut. 16:16 ; Exod. 23:14 , 17
“For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.”
God promiseth to defend them and theirs, which obey his commandment.
“The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.”
Read Exod. 23:1 ; Deut. 14:21 .
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Or, words. This miracle was to confirm the authority of the law, and ought no more to be followed than other miracles. Deut. 4:23
“But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.”
Which was in the Tabernacle of the congregation.