Hashem orders Moshe to warn the nation not to attempt to catch a glimpse of Hashem. Moshe argues that this is unnecessary, since Har Sinai was already placed out of limits to Bnei Yisrael. Nevertheless, Hashem overrules Moshe and insists that the nation be warned. Moshe complies and warns the people. Suddenly, directly following this warning, while Moshe is still among the people, Am Yisrael experience the revelation of the aseret ha-dibbrot.
Some obvious questions arise.
Although the Almighty accepted Moshe's modification, nevertheless, we must attempt to understand the significance of this episode. Furthermore, we can not avoid pondering the relationship between this incident and the mysterious debate mentioned above. We will return to these issues later, after a short discussion revolving around the aseret ha-dibbrot. It is commonly assumed that all ten commandments were issued directly from Hashem to the children of Israel. However, we are all familiar with the tradition of 613 commandments.