Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Exodus 34:1
Hew thee - The former tables are called “the work of God;” compare Exodus 32:16.
The words - See Exodus 34:28.
Hew thee - The former tables are called “the work of God;” compare Exodus 32:16.
The words - See Exodus 34:28.
CHAPTER XXXIV _Moses is commanded to hew two tables similar to the first, and_ _bring them up to the mount, to get the covenant renewed_, 1-3. _He prepares the tables and goes up to meet the Lord_,...
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...
AND. Moses must have descended for the fifth time. See note on Exodus 19:3. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. THE LORD SAID. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10. HEW THEE. Mose...
Moses is commanded to hew two tables of stone, similar to those which he had broken (Exodus 32:19), and bring them up Sinai to Jehovah. The former tables are said (Exodus 32:16) to have been themselve...
HEW THEE TWO TABLES OF STONE, &C.— See Exodus 34:28. God being reconciled through Moses's intercession, the covenant is renewed. REFLECTIONS.—1. Moses is commanded to hew new tables for God to write u...
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 THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, HEW THEE TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE UNTO THE FIRST: AND I WILL WRITE UPON THESE TABLES THE WORDS THAT WERE IN THE FIRST TABLES, WHICH THOU BRAKEST._ Hew thee two tables o...
WHICH THOU BRAKEST] There is no reproach in these words. Moses is nowhere blamed for his righteous indignation. He was 'angry and sinned not.'...
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...
HEW THEE TWO TABLES. — Something is always lost by sin, even when it is forgiven. The first tables were “the work of God” (Exodus 32:16). the second were hewn by the hand of Moses. OF STONE. — Litera...
XXXIV. PREPARATIONS FOR A RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. (1-4) Before the covenant could be formally reestablished, before Israel could be replaced in the position forfeited by the idolatry of the golden ca...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֔ה פְּסָל ־לְךָ
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...
_Former. Deuteronomy x. 1, adds, and come up to me into the mount, and I, &c. Here._...
CONTENTS The Lord having in his great mercy received Israel again into favour, commenceth the treaty afresh, which had been interrupted by their idolatry. Moses is commanded to prepare two tables of s...
Observe: the first tables, as well as the writing upon them, were wholly of the Lord. But these must now be hewn, and prepared by Moses. Is not the spiritual sense of it this? The original law, in the...
"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...
1._And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone _Although the renewal of the broken covenant was ratified by this pledge or visible symbol, still, lest His readiness to pardon should pro...
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 THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... Out of the cloudy pillar, at the door of the tabernacle, where he had been conversing with him in the most friendly manner, as related in the preceding chapter: HEW...
And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon [these] tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. Ver. 1. _Which thou b...
Exo. 34:1, Moses was commanded to hew two tables of stone like the first that were broken, signifying that after man had broken the Law which God wrote at first on the tables of his heart in innocency...
_Hew thee two tables of stone like the first_ Before, God himself both provided the tables and wrote on them; now, Moses must prepare the tables, and God would only write upon them. This might be inte...
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...
THE GLORIOUS VISION...
And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, which the Lord Himself had fashioned : AND I WILL WRITE UPON THESE TABLES THE WORDS THAT WERE IN THE FIRST TABLES, WHICH...
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...
1-4 When God made man in his own image, the moral law was written in his heart, by the finger of God, without outward means. But since the covenant then made with man was broken, the Lord has used th...
EXODUS CHAPTER 34 God commands Moses to hew two tables of stone like the former, wherein he promises to write, EXODUS 34:1. Moses goes with these tables up to the mount, EXODUS 34:4. God descends in a...
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 34:1 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Cut H6458 (H8798) two H8147 tablets H3871 stone...
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...
HEW (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 20:4). _...
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...
_Hew thee two tables of stone._ THE RENEWAL OF THE TWO TABLES I. That the moral law is perpetually binding. Having been broken, it must be renewed. II. That the renewal of the moral law when broken...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 34:1. Hew thee two tables of stone]. A task which could not have failed to make Moses feel abashed, and to impress him with a sense of humility as he reflected on his breaking...
THE RESTORATION OF THE TWO TABLES, AND RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. EXPOSITION THE TWO TABLES RENEWED. The fervent and prolonged intercession of Moses had brought about the pardon of the people; and that...
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...
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Moses must prepare for the renewing of the tables. Before God himself provided the tables, and wrote on them; now Moses must hew him out the tables, and God would only write upon them. When God was re...