Exo 34:27  And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
Exo 34:28  And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. ASV

Exo 34:27  And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
Exo 34:28  And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. KJV

Exo 34:27  And Jehovah said to Moses, Write these words for yourself, for on the mouth of these words I will cut a covenant with you and with Israel.
Exo 34:28  And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread and he did not drink water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. LITV

Exo 34:27  And Jehovah said to Moses, Write these words for yourself; for on the mouth of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.
Exo 34:28  And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread, nor drank water. And He wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. MKJV
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                              COMMENTARY

  What do the words... "Write these words" mean? What "words" was God referring to?

Covenant theology's answer; "An administration of the covenant of grace"?

Where are such words found in this passage, or anywhere else in the entire Bible?
Answer; In the CTV!

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown can’t read as they say it was the "ceremonial and judicial injunctions comprehended above" referring to vss 11-26. Well... according to verse 28 the "ceremonial and judicial injunctions" includes the Ten Commandments!

  According to this passage the 'words' were  the ~Ten Commandments.~ The phrase 'Ten Commandments' is found in only three places in the entire Bible folks! And they are all in the Pentateuch. Once here; once in Deut. 4:13 and once more in Deut. 10:4. That's it. And in all 3 places the Holy Spirit clearly defines exactly what the words of the Ten Commandments were. Here and in Deut 4:13 God the Holy Spirit makes direct statements as to what the Ten Commandments were. And Deut. 10 being flanked by  9:15 & 10:8 clearly identifies them as the exact same thing found here and in 4:13. So now for the grand question;

*What -exactly- were the words of the Ten Commandments... according to the testimony of the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures?

  The Ten commandments were the words that God wrote and here He says that these were the very words of the Covenant. What covenant? The Covenant that He, God made with...the whole human race...? No! With Moses and Israel ~And Them Only~.  So the Ten Commandments were not the "eternal unchangeable law of God!" Neither were they meant for "all men" but were the words of the covenant God made between Himself and Israel -exclusively-. This one passage alone is sufficient to destroy Covenant Theology.

  The Ten Commandments were the words of the covenant that established Israel as a special nation before God. They were the ‘document’ that identified Israel as a Theocracy! As far as we know Israel was the only Theocratic nation in the entire history of humanity. Unless you were/are a Jew the Ten Commandments...  >as a covenant document,<  mean absolutely nothing to you. This is not to say that you are free to violate the laws of God.. you are not. The laws of God, which apply to all men universally, are very different from God’s Covenant made with Israel which was identified by a Covenant document called "The Ten Commandments" comprised of -Some- of those laws with 1 or 2 others that  did not apply to all men universally! Such as the laws pertaining to the Passover. Unless you clearly understand this vital distinction between the laws of God which apply to all men universally and the laws that comprised the Special Covenant God made with Israel, you will be hopelessly lost in confusion with regard to the doctrine of the covenants. The result will be a false doctrine of the covenants.

  So... to the question;... "What are the Ten Commandments?"
Answer; The Ten Commandments are the words of the Covenant that God made between Himself and the Nation of Israel.

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