Exodus 31:18·~1 min
Moses Receives the Tablets
The LORD finishes speaking with Moses and gives him the two stone tablets of the Testimony, inscribed by the finger of God.
W18hen the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Section summaryWhen the LORD finishes speaking on Sinai, He gives Moses the two stone tablets of the Testimony, written by His own finger. The spoken commands now stand in fixed, tangible form.
Role in the chapterThis brief closing line completes the Sinai instructions with their written form. It prepares for what follows by placing God's testimony in Moses' hands just before Israel breaks covenant below the mountain.