Thursday, November 20, 2008

The Sapphire Stone Tablets in Paleo Hebrew

The Ten Commandments or the "Ten Words" (Hebrew" Asereth HaDebarim) were originally uttered by the divine voice from Mount Sinai in the hearing of all Israel. Later, they were written by the finger of the Almighty on a pair of tablets of stone. Moses shattered the first pair of tablets symbolizing Israel's breaking of the covenant by their sin with the golden calf. A second pair was produced and deposited in the Ark which the people of Israel carried across the wilderness until they reached the land that was promised to them.

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