He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Stone. Josephus (Ant. iii. 4. 6,) says, that each table contained five precepts, two and a half being inscribed on one side. The Jews now suppose that four appeared on one table, and six on the other. But each table probably contained an entire copy of the law. Calmet.—It hence appears, that there are just ten precepts. Worthington.—But the manner of dividing them is rather uncertain. Saint Augustine and Catholics in general place the three commandments, which regard God, by themselves. See Exodus 20:1. Their greater importance and length would require as much space as the other seven, which ascertain the mutual duties of people to each other. Bible.