And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: _Ver. l. Which thou hast brought._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 33:7 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: Ver. 2. _An angel before thee._] A created angel to conduct thee. But Moses would none of that; he would not be so put off. Exo 34:9 Low things sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. Ver. 3. _I will not go up,_] _sc., _ By those visible signs of my gracious presence as heretofore.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. Ver. 4. _They mourned._] As good cause they had: for "woe be unto thee when I depart from thee." Hos 9:12... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye [are] a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. Ver. 5. _And consume thee._] God's threatenings... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. Ver. 6. _Stripped themselves._] As in a day of restraint.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp. Ver. 7. _Afar off fro... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, [that] all the people rose up, and stood every man [at] his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. Ver. 8. _And looked after Moses._] To see what success, what acceptance: as David looked up after his p... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood [at] the door of the tabernacle, and [the LORD] talked with Moses. Ver. 9. _And the Lord talked with Moses._] Out of the cloudy pillar: which was a sign of favour. Psa 99:7 The Turks honour Moses, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand [at] the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man [in] his tent door. Ver. 10. _Rose up and worshipped._] Though obnoxious, they would not despair of mercy. See 1 Samuel 12:20,22 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. Ver. 11. _Face to face._] Friendly and familiarly, as Numbers 12:8. And perhaps in human shape,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Ver. 12. _See, thou sayest unto me._] See, saith one, _a_ how Moses here encr... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation [is] thy people. Ver. 13. _That I may know thee._] Moses knew more of God than any man; he was but newly come down from the mo... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest. Ver. 14. _I will give thee rest._] Full content of mind, in the sense of my presence and light of my countenance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [with me], carry us not up hence. Ver. 15. _If thy presence go not with me._] What is it to have the air without light? What was all Mordecai's honour to him when the king frowned upon him?... [ Continue Reading ]
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth. Ver. 16. _So shall we be separated._] Heb., Marvellously separated.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. Ver. 17. _I know thee by name._] As princes do their favourites, who easily forget others, as Saul did David. 1Sa 17:55... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. Ver. 18. _Show me thy glory._] None ever knew God's glory; our cockle shell can never comprehend this sea: yet it may be apprehended that it is incomprehensible.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. Ver. 19. _I will make all my goodness._] My glorious goodness. Thus Moses may have what he... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. Ver. 20. _Thou canst not see my face._] Otherwise than in his words and works. Rom 1:20 As we cannot see the sun _in rota,_ in the circle, but in the beams. Some have seen _Mercabah velo harocheb,_ as the Hebrews spea... [ Continue Reading ]