King James Version
Exodus 32:16 in the King James Version says “And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.”
Exodus 32:16 · KJV
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. being: Heb. weakness
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“And the tables”
H3871probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
“were the work”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and the writing”
H4385a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
“and the writing”
H4385a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“And the tables”
H3871probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
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