And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped, overcome by the glory of the vision. What he saw is not described in detail, for it is beyond human understanding, even as Paul heard words which no man can utter. God here gave to Moses a taste of the future glory which will be revealed to all those who remain faithful to the end.
CHAPTER 34 THE RESULT: THE SECOND COVENANT AND THE GLORY _ 1. The command to hew two tables of stone (Exodus 34:1)_ 2. The proclamation of Jehovah (Exodus 34:5) 3. Moses' worship and prayer (Exodus...
EXODUS 34:1 J. THE COVENANT WORDS. After removing Exodus 34:5, the sublime account of the revelation of Yahweh's nature as mercy and truth in their unity, which follows on Exodus 33:23, the remainder...
WORSHIPPED. This is ever the effect of the manifestation of Jehovah in grace. Compare 2 Samuel 7:18....
Description of the theophany promised in Exodus 33:19-23. The theophany consists essentially in a proclamation of the glories of Jehovah's _moral_nature, developed with special reference to the occasi...
Moses now reverently does obeisance (cf. Exodus 4:31; Exodus 12:27)....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 34 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou...
_AND MOSES MADE HASTE, AND BOWED HIS HEAD TOWARD THE EARTH, AND WORSHIPPED._ Moses ... bowed ... and worshipped. In the East people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by; while in...
THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT In token that the people are forgiven, God renews His covenant relation with them. The conditions are the same as before. The Decalogue is inscribed on two fresh tables, a...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 34 THE NEW FLAT STONES WITH GOD’S *COMMANDMENTS ON THEM – VERSES 1-9...
MOSES ALLOWED TO SEE GOD’S GLORY. (5-8) The present ascent of Moses to the top of Sinai had two objects: — (1) The repair of the loss occasioned by his breaking the first tables; and (2) the accomplis...
MOSES MADE HASTE, AND BOWED HIS HEAD. — As the Divine glory passed before him, Moses bowed his head in adoration, worshipping God, and not daring to look until the glory had gone by. It is thus seen t...
וַ יְמַהֵ֖ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ יִּקֹּ֥ד אַ֖רְצָה וַ
CHAPTER XXXIV. _ THE VISION OF GOD._ Exodus 34:1 It was when God had most graciously assured Moses of His affection, that he ventured, in so brief a cry that it is almost a gasp of longing, to ask,...
THE COVENANT OF THE LAW RENEWED Exodus 34:1 Before we can behold the vision of Eternal Love we must be willing to fulfill three conditions: (1) _Earliness_: “My soul, be ready in the morning.” (2) _S...
Moses was called again into the mount and the promised unveiling was made to him. It consisted of a declaration by God of the truth concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His me...
Reader! remark that God, even in his mercies, is awful. Psalms 89:7....
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
8._And Moses made haste, and bowed his head _This haste shews that Moses was astounded when he first beheld the brightness; for thus does God, when He reveals Himself, immediately ravish the godly int...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. We have now to examine a little what was taking place among the people, and on Moses's part, the faithful and zealous witness, as a servant of God...
AND MOSES MADE HASTE,.... Perceiving the voice ceased, and the Lord was passing on, lest he should be gone, and he lose the favourable opportunity he had: AND BOWED HIS HEAD TOWARD THE EARTH, AND WOR...
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. Ver. 8. _And Moses made haste._] It was time for him. The more any man sees of God, the lower he falls in his own eyes: as h...
_And Moses made haste and bowed his head_ Thus he expressed his humble reverence and adoration of God's glory, together with his joy in this discovery God had made of himself, and his thankfulness for...
1 The Tables are renued. 5 The Name of the Lord proclaimed. 8 Moses intreateth God to go with them. 10 God maketh a couenant with them, repeating certaine dueties of the first Table. 28 Moses afte...
THIRD SECTION The New Tables of the Law for the People prone to a Hierarchy. Clearer Revelation of God’s Grace. Sterner Prohibition of Idolatry. Stricter Commands concerning the Passover, the First-b...
THE SECOND GIVING OF THE LAW (vs.1-28) Though the first tables of the law had been given to Moses, they never came into the camp. Thus Israel never was under absolute law. This would have meant death...
5-9 The Lord descended by some open token of his presence and manifestation of his glory in a cloud, and thence proclaimed his NAME; that is, the perfections and character which are denoted by the na...
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Jehovah refuses to accompany Israel to the land of promise. "I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people; lest I consume thee in the way." At the opening of this book, wh...
Exodus 34:8 Moses H4872 haste H4116 (H8762) head H6915 (H8799) earth H776 worshiped H7812 (H8691)...
THE RESPONSE OF MOSES ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND THE PEOPLE (EXODUS 34:8). Exodus 34:8 ‘And Moses reacted with great haste and bowed his head towards the earth and worshipped. And he said, “If now I h...
Exodus 34:5 , EXODUS 34:29 This was the transfiguration of Moses. Let us consider the narrative as a spiritual parable, and try to read in it some of the conditions and privileges of exalted communion...
CONTENTS: Second tables of the law. The new vision and commission. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: (Exodus 34:12-17). We cannot expect the benefit of God's promises unless we make conscie...
Exodus 34:1. _I will write upon these tables. Deuteronomy 10:4_. The Lord wrote on these tables according to the first writing. In the last clause of Exodus 34:28, the pronoun _he_ refers, not to Mose...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 34:8_ GOD’S PRESENCE WITH HIS PEOPLE The revelation of the Divine name was almost too much for Moses, it was so unmerited. He was lost in wonder and adorati...
EXPOSITION THE FULFILMENT BY GOD OF HIS PROMISE TO MOSES. This section coheres closely with the last section of the preceding chapter, and must be regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfil...
And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them out like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke. And be ready in the...
Exodus 4:31 Genesis 17:3 2 Chronicles 20:18...
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head — Thus he expressed his humble reverence and adoration of God's glory, together with his joy in this discovery God had made of himself, and his thankfulness fo...