Exodus 32:16

16 And the tablets, they [were] the work of God; and the writing, it [was] the writing of God engraved on the tablets.

Exodus 32:16 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:16

And the tables were the work of God
And not of angels or men; the stones were made and formed by God into the shape they were:

and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables;
the letters in which the law was written were of his framing, devising, and engraving; and this was to show that this law was his own, and contained his mind and will; and to give the greater dignity and authority to it, and to deter men from breaking it.

Exodus 32:16 In-Context

14 And Yahweh relented concerning the disaster that he had {threatened} to do to his people.

15 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the testimony [were] in his hand, tablets written on their two sides; {on the front and on the back} they were written.

16 And the tablets, they [were] the work of God; and the writing, it [was] the writing of God engraved on the tablets.

17 And Joshua heard the sound of the people in their shouting, and he said to Moses, "A sound of war [is] in the camp."

18 But he said, "There is not a sound of shouting of victory, and there is not a sound of shouting of defeat. I hear a sound of singing."