A common misinterpretation of this passage is to assume it describes the final tablets that were placed in the Ark of the Covenant, whereas these were actually the original ones that Moses shattered in anger upon witnessing Israel's idolatry with the golden calf; another error is to overextend it to claim all biblical text was physically handwritten by God, ignoring that while these tablets were uniquely divine handiwork, the broader Scriptures were written by human authors under divine inspiration.
Exodus 32:16
King James Version (1769)
16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
This verse affirms the divine origin of the first set of stone tablets given to Moses on Mount Sinai, emphasizing that both the tablets themselves and the inscription of the Ten Commandments were directly crafted by God, underscoring the sacred authority, permanence, and holiness of God's covenant law directly from His hand rather than human effort.