[Avodah] What was actually written on the luchosr?

[Silverman, Philip B]

There are those who suggest the Ten Commandments may have been written
on the luchos like this:

2 1
4 3
6 5
8 7
10 9

Just as there are famous commentaries that connect 1-6, 2-7, 3-8 etc,
and just as I'm sure RMB's at-bash idea (1-10, 2-9, 3-8, etc) is
excellent, a thematic linkage can also be made between 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
etc.


If we are to consider this theory, and if we want to get rid of that
pesky problem which RnTK astutely pointed out of having one very
sparsely written tablet and one very wordy tablet, then I might propose
that the tablets could've had the 10 Commandments structured like this:

2 1
3 4
6 5
7 8
10 9

  Using the Yisro version, it turns out that the number of words on each
tablet would be exactly the same -- and a "nice" gematria to boot. (I'll
let the reader figure out what word I had in mind.) This idea of mine is
admittedly based on nothing but aesthetics, and would surely demand an
explanation for the serpentine pattern.


Kol tuv,

Phil Silverman




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