וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃
E falou יהוה a Moshe, dizendo:
Rabbeinu Bahya
ויכתוב על הלוחות, “He wrote on the tablets, etc.” The subject of these words is G’d, of course, not Moses, G’d forbid! G’d had already made clear in verse one of our chapter that He Himself would do the writing on the Tablets when He said: “I will write just as on the original ones.” Actually, at the time (verse 1) all the Torah had to write were the words וכתבתי על הלוחות הדברים, וגו’. Why did the Torah add the word את? This was in order to draw our attention to the fact that the text on the second set of Tablets included the letter ט in the words למען ייטב לך as apart from the reward for observing the commandment to honour father and mother. The text in Exodus chapter 20, while promising long life for keeping this commandment, does not promise that one will enjoy a good life. The letter ט does not appear anywhere in the wording of the first Tablets. I have already drawn attention to this fact in my commentary on Parshat Yitro at the end of Exodus 20,17.
Our sages explain further that the sequence of: “he remained there for forty days, etc.,” followed by “He wrote on the Tablets” mean that G’d inscribed the second set of Tablets in Moses’ presence.
Our sages explain further that the sequence of: “he remained there for forty days, etc.,” followed by “He wrote on the Tablets” mean that G’d inscribed the second set of Tablets in Moses’ presence.