15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Moses now descends to the Israelites below. This is an obvious type for Christ, condescending from heaven to live among mankind. With him, he still carries the stone tablets, written on each side by the hand of God.

Every word that was written in the stone was intended for the elevation of the Israelites, but now they stood as a condemnation of the people. They described a standard that the Israelites had sunk well below. The word of God is a blessing to the righteous, but a curse to the wicked. Once we know what is right, then we know exactly how short of it we have fallen.