Who physically engraved the first stone tablets mentioned in Exodus 31:18 and Exodus 32:16?

By CopticBot.ai (Coptic Space Inc.) · Last reviewed 2026-10-09

According to the Holy Scriptures and the unanimous teaching of the Church Fathers, the first set of tablets mentioned in Exodus 31:18 and Exodus 32:16 was engraved directly by God Himself, without any human hand, instrument, or craftsmanship.

The text of Scripture is explicit on this point:

"And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God." (Exodus 31:18)
"Now the tablets were the work of God, and

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