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Exodus 34:9

And he said, If now I have found grace in Thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; he pleaded for the personal presence of God in the midst of the people; for it is a stilf-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Thine inheritance. Note that Moses includes himself with the people, placing himself under their guilt, in order to make his prayer all the more fervent. The Lord should once more regard Israel as His peculiar people, to consider and to treat them as His own. He wanted to make assurance doubly sure, for the sake of the Messianic promise. Such clinging trust should be found in the Christians at all times, for that is the power which vanquished even the Lord.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 34:9. _O LORD, LET MY LORD, I PRAY THEE, GO AMONG US_] The original is not יהוה _Jehovah_, but אדני _Adonai_ in both these places, and seems to refer particularly to the Angel of the Cove...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This yearning struggle after assurance is like the often-repeated utterance of the heart, when it receives a blessing beyond its hopes, “can this be real?”...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LORD... MY LORD. Hebrew. _Adonai, Adonai._ But this is one of the 134 places where Jehovah was altered to Adonai by the Sopherim. See App-32. FOR, &c. The moment Jehovah speaks of grace, Moses turns...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jehovah's -ways" (Exodus 33:13) and character having now been disclosed to Moses, he again entreats Jehovah, who is ready to forgive (_v._7a), to pardon His people's sin, and give proof that He has ag...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE SAID, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT— This verse might be rendered, _and he said, since now I have found grace in thy sight, let my LORD,_ אדני _adoni_ [an unquestionable name or title...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SAID, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, O LORD, LET MY LORD, I PRAY THEE, GO AMONG US; FOR IT IS A STIFFNECKED PEOPLE; AND PARDON OUR INIQUITY AND OUR SIN, AND TAKE US FOR THINE INHERITA...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE COVENANT RENEWED, AND THE DECALOGUE A SECOND TIME GIVEN. (9) IF NOW, I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT. — Rather, _Since now, &c._ The evidences of God’s favour towards him — which Moses had now exp...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֡אמֶר אִם ־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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,...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; (b) for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inh...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    (_ For it, &c.) If thou do not support me, I shall not be able to govern. (Haydock) --- Possess us. Take us for thy peculiar inheritance. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Isa_48:4; Isa_48:8-11....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT,.... Or "seeing now", for he could have no doubt upon his mind but that he had found grace and favour in the sight of God, since he had caused his g...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inherit...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And he said, I pray thee go among us_ Thus Moses prays for the things God had already promised, not as doubting the sincerity of God's grants, but as one solicitous for the ratification of them. But...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IT IS A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE, and therefore need thy glorious and powerful presence to rule them. Or rather, THOUGH IT BE A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE, as thou sayest, yet forsake them not. The Hebrew particl...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 34:9 said H559 (H8799) found H4672 (H8804) grace H2580 sight H5869 Lord H136 Lord H136 go...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. Dazed, as it would seem, by the splendour of the vision which he had beheld, Moses forgot that God had already pledged himself to renew the covenant, and lead...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    if now Exodus 33:13 Exodus 33:17 let my Lord Exodus 33:14 Matthew 28:20 stiff-necked...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And he said, I pray thee go among us — For thy presence is all to our safety and success. And pardon our iniquity and our sin — Else we cannot expect thee to go among us. And take us for thine inherit...

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