has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire” (Deut 5:24). Moses, of course, threw that first set of tablets of stone down in disgust and in deep dismay over his people having lapsed into religious prostitution around the golden calf. Moses’ brother, Aaron, had set up this calf made of gold in Moses’ absence of just under six weeks. To replace the shattered tablets, the Lord instructed Moses to “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write