The Sapphire Pavement and the Whole Torah Given at Sinai

(Exodus 24:10) "And they saw the God of Israel, and under His feet" (and so on; this is written in remez). In one place it says, "And the tablets were the work of God" (Exodus 32:16), and it says, "like the work of a pavement of sapphire." It compares one work to the other: just as the work mentioned there was of sapphire, so the work mentioned here was of sapphire. Rabbi Sheila said: regarding Babylon it is written, "like the appearance of a sapphire stone"; regarding Egypt it is written, "like the work of a pavement of sapphire." This teaches you that just as a stone is harder than a brick, so the bondage of Babylon was harder than the bondage of Egypt. (Exodus 24:11-14) "Come up to Me to the mountain." Rabbi Levi bar Chama said, and some say it was Resh Lakish: what is the meaning of what is written, "Come up to Me to the mountain, and I will give you the tablets of stone"? "The tablets" is the Written Torah; "and the Torah" is the Mishnah; "and the commandment" refers to the commandments; "statutes and ordinances" are the legal rulings; "that I have written" refers to the Prophets; "to teach them" is the Talmud. This teaches that they were all given to Moses at Sinai.