What happened to the original ten commandments?

Answer 1

Moses destroyed them upon his descent from Mount Sinai. The Israelites had melted all of their gold to make a golden calf statue/idol. In rage Moses threw the God-etched tablets on the ground and broke them. As punishment for their making an idol, Moses had the statue ground up and made them drink it with water. As punishment for his breaking of the tablets, God made Moses carve a new set himself. This set was then set inside of the Ark of the Covenant and are still missing as is the Ark. Exodus 32-34

Answer 2

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 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.

Answer 3

e first tablets of stone were destroyed by Moses in anger as he threw it down , when he saw the golden calf.