Deuteronomy 9:11

9:11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 10:2

10:2 I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark.”

Deuteronomy 9:17

9:17 I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.

sn The same words. The care with which the replacement copy must be made underscores the importance of verbal precision in relaying the Lord’s commandments.

tn The Hebrew text includes “from upon my two hands,” but as this seems somewhat obvious and redundant, it has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.