Difficult texts: the second set of the tablets of the law (Exodus 34.11–24;Deuteronomy 10.1–5)

Abstract

The Deuteronomic account of the giving of the second set of the tablets of the law flatly contradicts the Exodus version. It is a deliberate attempt to play down the memory of the earlier reform of Hezekiah in view of the much more substantial reform of Josiah.