occurred. In this view, the breaking of the tablets maintains the integrity of the covenantal relationship by acknowledging that the conditions under which they were given no longer existed, making their preservation impossible until the covenant could be renewed.

Human participation in the second tablets

Jewish tradition distinguishes sharply between the first and second sets of tablets, emphasizing that while the first were entirely divine in origin, both the stone and the writing were the work of God, the second tablets

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