THE COVENANT RE-ESTABLISHED (EXODUS 34:1). We can analyse this passage as follows: a The call by Yahweh to Moses to hew two tablets and be ready to come up into the mountain and present himself on the top of the mountain where Yahweh will _‘write on the tablets the words_ that were on the first ta... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES PREPARES TWO TABLETS OF STONE FOR THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COVENANT AND GOES UP TO MEET GOD (EXODUS 34:1). Exodus 34:1 ‘And Yahweh said to Moses, “Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH MAKES A PROCLAMATION CONCERNING HIMSELF TO HIS PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE (EXODUS 34:5). Exodus 34:5 ‘And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh.' As ever Yahweh is surrounded by cloud. The previous chapter has brought home why this was so... [ Continue Reading ]
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 have found favour in your sight, O sovereign Lord, let the Lord, I pray you, go in our midst. For it... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH CONFIRMS THAT HE IS RENEWING THE COVENANT (EXODUS 34:10). God replies by confirming the covenant and guaranteeing the receipt of the inheritance. He does not need to repeat the ten words. He has already confirmed that they will be written on the new tablets that Moses has brought (Exodus 34:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMMAND TO OBSERVE THAT COVENANT ACCOMPANIED BY A PROMISE TO DRIVE OUT THE CANAANITES (34:11). Exodus 34:11 “Observe what I command you this day. Behold I will drive out before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite and the Jebusite.” Israel are... [ Continue Reading ]
A WARNING AGAINST MAKING ANY COVENANT WITH THE CANAANITES AND THE NEED TO DESTROY THEIR IDOLS BECAUSE OF THE AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF IDOLATRY AND BECAUSE YAHWEH IS NAMED ‘JEALOUS' AND IS A JEALOUS GOD (EXODUS 34:12). Exodus 34:12 “Take heed to yourself lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants... [ Continue Reading ]
A COVENANT CODICIL CONTAINING TEN RITUAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH WILL CONFIRM THEIR FAITHFULNESS TO THEIR OVERLORD AS SELECTED FROM CHAPTER S 20-23 (EXODUS 34:17). In counteracting the temptation to idolatry Yahweh now pronounces what are seemingly ten reminders of what His ritual requirements concernin... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPLETION OF YAHWEH'S INTENTIONS IN EXODUS 34:1 (EXODUS 34:27). Exodus 34:27 ‘And Yahweh said to Moses, “Write these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” Moses is now told to write down the words spoken to him before Yahweh, as a symbol of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF YAHWEH APPEARS ON THE FACE OF MOSES (EXODUS 34:29). This passage may be analysed as follows: a When Moses comes down the mountain the skin of his face shines, although he is unaware of it (Exodus 34:29). b When Aaron and the children of Israel were aware of it they were afraid to app... [ Continue Reading ]