Exodus 34:27

27. Write thou these words This narrative very clearly teaches that Moses recorded repeated acts of legislation . The covenant was broken and renewed . A record was made of all the important facts, and such a record, if faithful, must needs have contained various repetitions . Some critics discover different “strata of laws,” but fail to pay proper respect to the fact, that, according to the plain import of the Mosaic narrative, laws were repeatedly given, revised, renewed, and in some instances changed, as the conduct and interests of the people required. The different codes and stages of legislation are not inconsistent with each other, nor of such a nature as to be inconsistent with a Mosaic origin. See our Introduction to the Pentateuch, page 31.