Exodus 31:18
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And the Lord, when he had ended these words in Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tables of testimony, written with the finger of God.

gave

Exodus 24:12,18 And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there; and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. . . .

Exodus 32:15,16 And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides, . . .

Exodus 34:1-4,28,29 And after this he said: Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the former, and I will write upon them the words, which were in the tables, which thou brokest. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:13 And he shewed you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, and the ten words that he wrote in two tables of stone.

Deuteronomy 5:22 These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me.

Deuteronomy 9:9-11 When I went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:3 Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart.

the finger

Exodus 8:19 And the magicians said to Pharao: This is the finger of God. And Pharao's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had commanded.

Exodus 32:16 And made by the work of God; the writing also of God was graven in the tables.

Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my law in their bowels, and I will write it in their heart: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Matthew 12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

Luke 11:20 But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.

2 Corinthians 3:7,8 Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious (so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance), which is made void: . . .

Context
Moses Receives the Tablets
18And the Lord, when he had ended these words in Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tables of testimony, written with the finger of God.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:3
Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart.

2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious (so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance), which is made void:

Hebrews 9:4
Having a golden censer and the ark of the testament covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna and the rod of Aaron that had blossomed and the tables of the testament.

Exodus 24:12
And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there; and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Exodus 32:15
And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides,

Exodus 32:16
And made by the work of God; the writing also of God was graven in the tables.

Exodus 34:1
And after this he said: Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the former, and I will write upon them the words, which were in the tables, which thou brokest.

Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights: he neither ate bread nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant.

Exodus 34:29
And when Moses came down from the Mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony, and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:13
And he shewed you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, and the ten words that he wrote in two tables of stone.

Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me.

Deuteronomy 9:10
And the Lord gave me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and containing all the words that he spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire, when the people were assembled together.

2 Kings 11:12
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the diadem upon him, and the testimony: and they made him king, and anointed him: and clapping their hands, they said: God save the king.

Lexicon
When [the LORD] had finished
כְּכַלֹּתוֹ֙ (kə·ḵal·lō·ṯōw)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

speaking
לְדַבֵּ֤ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with him
אִתּוֹ֙ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

on Mount
בְּהַ֣ר (bə·har)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

Sinai,
סִינַ֔י (sî·nay)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5514: Sinai -- the mountain where the law was given

He gave
וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

Moses
מֹשֶׁ֗ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

the two
שְׁנֵ֖י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

tablets
לֻחֹ֣ת (lu·ḥōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal

of the Testimony,
הָעֵדֻ֑ת (hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5715: Testimony

tablets
לֻחֹ֣ת (lu·ḥōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal

of stone
אֶ֔בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

inscribed
כְּתֻבִ֖ים (kə·ṯu·ḇîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write

by the finger
בְּאֶצְבַּ֥ע (bə·’eṣ·ba‘)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 676: Something to sieze with, a finger, a toe

of God.
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
When the LORD had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him on mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in mount Sina the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written upon with the finger of God.

And he gave to Moses, when he had ended speaking with him on mount Sinai, the two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

And to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, he gave two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.

And He giveth unto Moses, when He finisheth speaking with him in mount Sinai, two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written by the finger of God.
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