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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">There are those who suggest the Ten Commandments may have been written on the luchos</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">like this:</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2 1</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">4 3</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">6 5</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">8 7</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">10 9</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">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.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">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:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2 1</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">3 4</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">6 5</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">7 8</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">10 9</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> 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.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kol tuv,</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Phil Silverman</FONT>
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