 Rabbi Judah taught that the Israelites inscribed the Torah on the stones, as says, "You shall write upon the stones all the words of this law," and after that they plastered them over with plaster.Rabbi Simeon asked Rabbi Judah how then the people of that time learned the Torah (as the inscription would have been covered with plaster).Rabbi Judah replied that God endowed the people of that time with exceptional intelligence, and they sent their scribes, who peeled off the plaster and carried away a copy of the inscription.