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Why did Moses break the stone with Commandments? ?
10 Answers
- Anonymous6 months ago
Not quite sure why this question is under dining out
- ForwardLv 66 months ago
Because he carried the word of God and thought the people was prepared to listen to him. Instead he found them partying and sinning. So in a fit of anger, he threw threw the tablets and broke them.
- 6 months ago
I believe it's a symbol of what was to come (Jesus fulfilling the whole law and sacrificing himself for us).
- 6 months ago
He discovered that the translation was to American English not normal English
- WOOWHOLv 76 months ago
what is presented is a STORY ,attributed to to Moses ( Hebrew ) Moshe ( 14-13 century BCE ) a Prophet , teacher , leader and a claimed event of a COVENANT ceremony at Mt Sinai , where the " 10 Commandment " ( 613 commands of G-d) were promulgated , he FOUNDED a religious community known as ISRAEL The HISTORICAL PROBLEM While the essence of the Biblical stories ( exodus 1:8 and Deuteronomy 34:12 ) is accepted it is recognized that during the centuries of ORAL and written transmission , the account acquires layers of accretions
Excavations have SHOWN the destruction of the cities the Hebrews CLAIM to have captured occurred about 1250 NOT 1400
Tradition figured about 12 GENERATIONS from Moses to Solomon , the reference of 480 years is most likely an EDITORIAL comment allowing 40 years for each GENERATION , since a generation is actually 25 years the most PROBABLE date for an Exodus is about 1290 BCE making the PHAROH in Exodus (1:12-2:23) was SETI ( reigned 1318-1304 ) and the PHAROH Ramses II ( c.1304-c.1237 ) Moses was probably born in the 14th century BCE Moses promotes MONOTHEISM YAHWEH the ONE and ONLY GOD no Other gods or images
The STORY WRITER states the first set of TWO (2) TABLETS where broken by Moses in ANGER after witnessing the People ( tribes ) REVERTING to worshiping "THE GOLDEN CALF "
The " GOLDEN CALF , IDOL is worshiped by the Hebrews during the PERIOD of the EXODUS from Egypt in the 13th century BC and the AGE of JEROBOAM I KING of ISRAEL in the 10th century BC mentioned in Exodus 32 and 1 Kings 12 in the old testament , the FIGURE is probably a representation of the EGYPTIAN BULL god APIS in the earlier period and the CANAANITE FERTILITY god BAAL in the latter.In exodus 32 the HEBREWS escaping Egypt ASKED ARRON ( Moses Brother ) to fashion a ,GOLDEN CALF during the LONG ABSENCES ( 40 days and 40 nights ) of MOSES on Mt Sinai , upon returning from the mountain with the LAWS seeing the people worship the GOLDEN CALF MOSES BROKE the TABLETS and had the IDOL MELTED DOWN , pulverized and mixed with water The People were REQUIRED to DRINK the MIXTURE , an ordeal to SEPARATE the UNFAITHFUL ( those who lived ) Defending the faith ( who later DIED in a plague ) from the faithful ( who lived ) Defending the faith in the god REVEALED to MOSES AGAINST the CALF worshipers were the LEVITES who became the PRIESTLY CASTE
the story continues that according to MOSES the God TOLD him to Put ye every man to the sword the killing of 3000 exodus 32-26-28 MORE killing of ones own people
There are varying BELIEFS about cattle in societies and RELIGIONS in several regions NEPAL and most states of INDIA the slaughter of cattle is prohibited and the meat is TABOO .Cattle are considered SACRED in world religions such as HINDUISM JAINISM BUDDHISM and others , Cattle played a MAJOR role in many religions including ANCIENT EGYPT , ancient Greece ancient ROME and ancient Germany Celtic Mythology the greek mythology the CATTLE of HELLOS pastured on the island of Thrinacia the SUN god is said to have 7 herds of OXEN and & flock of SHEEP also in NORSE mythology AUOUMBIA sucked the ancestor of FROST GIANTS
- ?Lv 67 months ago
real reason , because he was drunk and the stones where heavy , you try climbing down a mountain carrying a block of stone .
- Anonymous7 months ago
He dropped one of the three tablets, that's why there's ten instead of fifteen.
- Anonymous7 months ago
He poked a hole in he 10th and obviously was coveting some rock hard stone