And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
18 And he gave unto Moses. It must be observed, that, after the voice of God had been heard from the midst of the fire, and He had delivered the Ten Commandments, and the form of the tabernacle had been described, and the work had been already finished by the artificers, though its dedication had not yet taken place, Moses was again withdrawn from the...
The sabbath is the hem and hedge of the whole law: where no conscience is made of it, farewell both godliness and honesty. God repeats it here with jealous care because the urgency of tabernacle-work might tempt them to break it, but even sacred work must yield to sabbath rest.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 31:12-18
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him on Mount Sinai,.... After all those laws, orders, and instructions before related, which having done, he ceased to converse with him any longer in that manner he had, and at parting gave him two tables of testimony; the two tables of the law, which is a testimony of the will...