In JST Exo 34:1-2, 4, we read the following detail about the original set of tablets and the “higher” law:
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KJV |
1867 Inspired Version (RLDS) |
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And the Lord said unto Moses,
Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these
tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. And be
ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and
present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. . . . And he hewed two
tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning,
and went up into mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his
hand the two tables of stone. |
And the Lord said unto Moses,
Hew thee two other tables of stone, like unto the first, and I will write
upon them also, the words of the law, according as they were written at the
first on the tables which thou brakest; but it shall not be according to the
first, for I will take away the priesthood out of their midst; therefore my
holy order, and the ordinances thereof, shall not go before them; for my
presence shall not go up in their midst, lest I destroy them. But I will give
unto them the law as at the first, but it shall be after the law of a carnal
commandment; for I have sworn in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my
presence, into my rest, in the days of their pilgrimage. Therefore do as I
have commanded thee, and be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning
unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me, in the top of the mount. .
. . And Moses hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and he rose up
early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded
him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. |
In JST Exo 32:14, Joseph Smith adds
the name “Jehovah” to the verse:
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KJV |
1867 Inspired Version (RLDS) |
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For thou shalt worship no other
god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: |
For thou shalt worship no other
god; for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. |
Old Testament Manuscript 2, page
70:
XXXIV. Chapter
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Vers and the Lord said unto Moses, hew thee two other tables of stones, like
unto the first, and I will write upon them
also, the words of the Law, according as they were writen at the first, on the
tables which thou breakest; but it shall not be according to the first, for I
will take away the priest-hood out of there midst; therefore my holy order;
<and the ordinences thereof,> shall not go before them; for my pres--ence
shall not go up in there midst Least I distry them[,]<.>But I will
give unto them the law as at the fist, but it shall be after the law of a
carnal commandment; for I have sworn in my wrath, that they shall not enter
into my presence, into my rest, in the days of there pilgrimage[,]<.>
T†herefore do as I have commanded thee, and be ready in the morning,
and come up in the morning [i]<u>nto
mount sinai, and pres[t]<e>nt thy self there, to me, in the top of
the mount,
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" and Moses hewed two tables of stone, like unto the first, and he rose up
early in the morning and went up unto mount sinai, as the Lord had commanded
him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone,
. . .
14th
Jehovah