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Either the story of the Ten Commandments was an allegory and the tablets did not really exist, or they have long ago been lost and destroyed. Either way, there is no Ten Commandments stone.
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No one knows for sure where the two Stone Tablets are, despite sensational claims to the contrary. Even 1800 years ago, the Talmud-sages discussed this question (Yoma 53b). The Talmud (ibid.) states two opinions in this matter. According to one opinion, the Ark of the Covenant was carried off by the Babylonians when they destroyed the First Temple.
According to the second opinion, around 35 years before the First Destruction, King Josiah (Yoshiah) hid the Ark with the two Stone Tablets in a secret chamber constructed for this purpose, since it was already apparent that the Temple wouldn't last much longer. The Prophets had been foretelling the destruction of the Temple for some time.
Tradition states that when he built the Temple, King Solomon prepared a hidden shaft and room deep underneath the Temple Mount for just such an eventuality (Maimonides, in the Hilchot Beit HaBechirah 4:1).
The second opinion is the accepted one (Maimonides, ibid, 4:1-2). However, it is possible to account for both opinions, since all of the Temple vessels had duplicates which were made in order to be used if the original vessel got lost or defiled (Talmud, Hagigah 26b). We may postulate that the Babylonians carried into captivity an empty duplicate Ark which had been placed in the Holy of Holies after King Josiah concealed the original.
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The ten commandments were givin in?
Stone
You are saying that we can't the ten commandments craved in stone?
Is there any where that we can view the Ten Commandments in this time and day.
What were the Ten Commandments written on?
Tablets of stone.
Who found the tablets of stone that had the Ten Commandments on them?
Moses
What did god write the 10 commandments on?
God answered the Ten Commandments on stone.
The place where Moses wrote the ten Commandments?
Moses wrote the Ten Commandments on two stone tablets on Mount Sinai.
When discussing the ten commandments what is meant by horizontal and vertical?
The position of the commandments as they are inscribed on the two Stone Tablets.
How were the ten commandments made?
The original ten commandments given to Moses was written on tablets o stone with gods own hand, there were two such tablets.
Object in which ten commandments are kept?
The original Commandments - carved onto tablets of stone - were kept in the Ark of the Covenant.
What role did the Moses play in the 10 commandments?
Moses had to bring the ten commandments from the mountain for the Hebrew people.
What is the stone containing an article written in Hebrew Greek and Latin?
ten commandments
What are the ten called?
In Exodus 31:18 the Ten Commandments are called the terms of the covenant. Also in Exodus 34:28, the explicit name 'Ten Commandments' is applied to the laws that were written on the stone tablets. The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue.In Matthew 5:21 the Ten Commandments are also referred to as the Laws of Moses.
