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Concordia Theological Monthly

1938

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What Was Written On The Two Tables Of The Covenant?, Th. Laetsch Oct 1938

What Was Written On The Two Tables Of The Covenant?, Th. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

In the year 1773 Goethe published a small pamphlet entitled Was stund auf den T.feln, des Bundes? After referring briefly to the establishment of the covenant narrated Ex. 24:1 ff., he continues: ''Then the Lord said unto Moses, Come up unto Me into the mount and be there; and I will give thee tables of stone and a law and commandments which I have written. Moses ascends to the Lord and is given the specifications for the Tabernacle. Finally we are told, And when the Lord had made an end of communing with him, He gave him the tables. What …