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Deuteronomy 5 (The Ten Commandments)

The Two Testaments

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Why Do Duplicate Tablets Work?

Every ancient Near Eastern treaty between a greater king and lesser kings, or two nations would come in duplicate form. Each party could take one home and put it in the most holy place of their God's temple. So for Moses to come down with two tablets would automatically signal to everyone that they had entered into an international treaty.

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