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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 34:6

RV 'The Lord, the Lord, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth': this is perhaps the highest utterance of revelation, and is frequently quoted by OT. writers: see e.g. Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 86:15; Psalms 103:8; Psalms 145:8; Joel 2:13; Jon 4:2, also Numbers 14:18. The divine attributes here proclaimed are not God's dread majesty and power, but His mercy and truth. He is merciful, but He cannot overlook transgression.

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See also Exodus 34:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 34:6. _AND THE LORD PASSED BY - AND PROCLAIMED_, _THE LORD, C._] It would be much better to read this verse thus: "And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed JEHOVAH," that is, sh...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This was the second revelation of the name of the God of Israel to Moses. The first revelation was of Yahweh as the self-existent One, who purposed to deliver His people with a mighty hand Exodus 3:14...

  • 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

    GOD. Hebrew. _EL_ See App-4. LONGSUFFERING. slow to anger. GOODNESS. lovingkindness, or grace. TRUTH. faithfulness....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD— Moses desired to see the _glory_ of the Lord, ch. Exodus 33:18. The Lord promises to shew him his _goodness;_ and, accordingly, _he passes by before him,_ proclaiming...

  • 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 THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM, AND PROCLAIMED, THE LORD, THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, AND ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH,_ The Lord passed by. In this remarkable scene God...

  • 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

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM. — In this brief phrase we have the entire historical narrative of the manifestation to Moses of God’s glory. For details we must refer to the terms of the promise (Exodu...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּעֲבֹ֨ר יְהוָ֥ה ׀ עַל ־פָּנָיו֮ וַ יִּקְ

  • 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 the LORD passed by before him, and (a) proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, (a) This refers to the Lord, and not to Moses...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _He said. Some refer this to Moses; others, more probably, to God, who had promised, by this signal of the name of the Lord, to testify his presence. (Calmet) --- The angel addresses God in this manne...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a solemn but yet gracious manifestation is here made of God. This is one of the most striking sermons in the Bible. God himself is the preacher, and God himself in his covenant engagements is the...

  • 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 THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM,.... Or caused his Shechinah, his divine Majesty, and the glory of it, to pass before him, as the Targums; his glory and goodness, which he had promised should pass b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Ver. 6. _The Lord, The Lord God. &c._] These glori...

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

    _And the Lord passed by before him_ Fixed views of God are reserved for the future state; the best we have in this world are transient. _And proclaimed the_ name of the _Lord_ By which he would make h...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed, delivered His great sermon on the name of the Lord, as Luther says. THE LORD, THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, LONG-SUFFERING, AND ABUNDANT IN GOO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GLORIOUS VISION...

  • 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

    THE LORD GOD: this title shows his glorious being, power, and authority; the following titles note his goodness to men. ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH; in fulfilling all his gracious promises made to...

  • 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 34:6 LORD H3068 passed H5674 (H8799) before H6440 proclaimed H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068 LORD H3068 God...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 Yah...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 34:6 There were thirteen names, or thirteen attributes, which went to make the names, as God showed Himself on Sinai, of which thirteen nine were mercy, two were power, two were justice, (1) Th...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious._ THE NAME OF THE LORD I. “the Lord.” There we lay our basis. Unless you are prepared to admit the perfect sovereignty of God, you can go no further--y...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 34:6 The Lord’s proclamation of his name and description of his character is a key OT passage (compare Nehemiah 9:17,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 34:5_ THE PROCLAMATION OF THE DIVINE NAME This was the second proclamation. The first, Exodus 3:4, was delivered to Moses for his instruction and comfort on...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • 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

    passed Exodus 33:20 1 Kings 19:11 proclaimed Numbers 14:17 Isaiah 12:4 the Lord...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And the Lord passed by before him — Fixed views of God are reserved for the future state; the best we have in this world are transient. And proclaimed the name of the Lord — By which he would make him...

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