Why Moses did break the tablets of stone? - Part 2

The first answer to the question above is that Moses didn't break the tablets deliberately. According to few Hebrew interpretations the letters of the Ten Commandments saw the joy and the happiness in the camp, and they decided to run away from the tablets, when they flew out of them- the strength of Moses wasn't with him anymore. Another commentary saying that his mental power ended -while he saw the people of Israel replacing The Lord with a statue.

A second option that needs to be said is that Moses broke the tablets with intention, with purpose , he didn't want the covenant between the people of Israel and God to exist anymore- or because he didn't want them to do something that they didn't understand or in order to cancel it completely! They didn't understand the first commandment- he didn't want them to make sins or he didn't want them to be with the covenant! Another option is the repent one - Moses wanted them to think about their action so that in the future they won't do it anymore.

The last option that will be discus in the next time is that the breaking of the tablets is not something that Moses thought to do -it was God who told him to do it...

To be continued, have a nice week, Eli

Main phrases of the post + transcription + translation

Hebrew       Transcription     Translation
כְּדֵי              kedê                So that , in order to
מַעֲשֶׂה          Ma'ăśeh           Act
חָזַר בִּתְשׁוּבָה Hāzar bitšûbāh Repented
 לְגַמְרֵי          legamrê          Completely
בִּטֵּל              bittel            Canceled
אוֹת               'ôt                 letter

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