10:2 I will write on the tablets the same words 1 that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark.”
Deuteronomy 10:5
10:5 Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made – they are still there, just as the Lord commanded me.
1 snThe same words. The care with which the replacement copy must be made underscores the importance of verbal precision in relaying the Lord’s commandments.