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Sforno on Exodus 34:27/ספורנו על שמות ל״ד:כ״ז

אכְּתָב לְךָ אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁקֹּדֶם הָעֵגֶל אָמַרְתִּי לָתֵת "לְךָ אֶת לֻחוֹת הָאֶבֶן וְהַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַבְתִּי" (שמות כד:יב), עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁחָטְאוּ אַתָּה פְּסָל לְךָ הַלּוּחוֹת וְכָתַבְתִּי, וְלֹא אֶתֵּן לְךָ גַּם כֵּן הַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַבְתִּי, אֲבָל כְּתָב לְךָ אַתָּה.
1כתב לך את הדברים האלה, even though prior to the sin of the golden calf I had said: “to give to you the Tablets of stone with the Torah and the commandments which I have written,” (Exodus 24,12) now that the people had sinned “you Moses are to provide the Tablets, hewing them out and bringing them up to Mount Sinai. G’d would still inscribe the Tablets, but the Torah and the Mitzvah G’d would teach Moses, and he would have to write them down himself.