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According to traditional teachings of worshiping the Golden Calf and the second set inscribed by Moses which he carved out later, as commanded by God, as an atonement. Both the first shattered set and the second unbroken set were stored in the Ark Of The Covenant (the ''aron habrit'' in Hebrew). APPEARANCE OF THE TABLETS ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION The tablets are popularly described as semi-flat rounded off rectangles ( ), but this understanding has little basis in religious tradition. According to rabbinic tradition, they were perfect Cube s, with sharp corners. Also according to tradition, the words were not engraved on the surface, but rather were bored fully through the stone. (At least) two miracles are mentioned in connection with the tablets: even though they were bored fully through the stone, and you would expect the reverse side to be a mirror image, it was not, and both sides appeared normally. Since the letters were bored fully through the stone, the inner part of the letters were not supported by anything (cf. the empty space in the letter P), yet the unsupported stone remained in position. CHRISTIAN REPLICAS Replicas of the tablets, known as Tabot s or sellats, are a vital part of the practice of Ethiopian Orthodox Church , which claims that the original Ark of the Covenant is kept in the Church Of Our Lady Mary Of Zion in Axum . EXTERNAL LINK
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