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Exodus 33:15

Moses replies that if Jehovah will not go with them, they prefer to remain where they are, in the neighbourhood of their God (Exodus 19:4), at Sinai.

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See also Exodus 33:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 33:15. _IF THY PRESENCE GO NOT_] אם אין פניך הלכים _im ein_ _pancycha holechim, if thy faces do not go _- if we have not _manifestations_ of thy peculiar providence and grace, _carry us_...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. MOSES' INTERCESSION AND ITS RESULTS CHAPTER 33 Repentance and Intercession _ 1. The word of the Lord and the people's repentance (Exodus 33:1)_ 2. The tabernacle without the camp (Exodus 33:7)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 33:1 J, EXODUS 33:5 E, EXODUS 33:12 J. YAHWEH'S PRESENCE. The sections of 34 have been glossed and disarranged. In Exodus 33:1 J, Yahweh's ref

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE. Moses....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 33 And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of E-gypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THY PRESENCE GO NOT WITH ME, CARRY US NOT UP HENCE._ If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence - i:e., I should infinitely rather spend a wandering life in the w...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE INTERCESSION OF MOSES (CONTINUED) 6. By the mount Horeb] RV 'from mount Horeb onward': this implies that they ceased wearing their ornaments. Their humiliation was lasting. Horeb] i.e. Sinai: see...

  • 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 33 THE *ISRAELITES REALISE THEIR *SIN – VERSES 1-6 V1 Then the *LO...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MOSES OBTAINS A RENEWAL OF GOD’S PROMISE TO GO UP WITH THE PEOPLE. (12-17) The self-humiliation of the people (Exodus 33:4) had appeased God’s anger. He was now ready to be entreated. Moses therefore...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו אִם ־אֵ֤ין פָּנֶ֨יךָ֙ הֹל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXIII. _ PREVAILING INTERCESSION._ Exodus 33:1 At this stage the first concession is announced: Moses shall lead the people to their rest, and God will send an angel with him. We have seen...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GOD'S PRESENCE PROMISED AND HIS GLORY SHOWN Exodus 33:12 When Moses found himself alone with God he made two outstanding requests: (1) _For God's presence_. “If _thou_ dost not go with me, I cannot...

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

    The command to go forward and possess the land was now repeated to the people. It is clear that the people felt that the promise of an angel to be sent before them was the lowering of a privilege. The...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Thyself. Moses desires a farther explanation, or a positive assurance that God would conduct them. --- By all, ab omnibus, distinguished in glory from all others. (Chaldean)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    See how Moses advanceth in requests. Genesis 18:23; Numbers 14:14....

  • 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 Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._And he said unto him, If thy presence go not _Moses accepts what is accorded to him, whilst at the same time he signifies that it would be better and more desirable for him to perish in the desert...

  • 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 UNTO HIM,.... Moses said unto the Lord: IF THY PRESENCE GO NOT [WITH ME]; or with us, as it may be as well supplied, and which agrees with what follows: CARRY US NOT UP HENCE; from the m...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Exo. 33:14, 15. "And he said, My presence shall go with thee. And he said, if thy presence go not with us, carry us not up hence." Hence probably the heathen Pan and Faunus, the god of shepherds - the...

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

    _If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence_ Let us rather live and die in the wilderness, with thy presence and favour, than go into Canaan without it; for even that promise of rest I rega...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Lord refuseth to goe as he had promised with the people. 4 The people murmure thereat. 7 The Tabernacle is remoued out of the Campe. 9 The Lord talketh familiarly with Moses. 12 Moses desire...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LORD PROMISES HIS GRACIOUS PRESENCE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he said unto Him, If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. It would be better to remain in the wilderness, to die in the desert, than to attempt a continuance of the journey without...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SECOND SECTION Stricter Separation between Jehovah and the People. Removal of Moses’ Tent—the Provisional Tabernacle—out of the Camp. The Gracious Token Exodus 33:1-23 A. APPOINTMENT OF AN ANGEL TO...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    TOLD TO GO WITHOUT THE LORD'S PRESENCE (vs.1-23) Again the Lord gives instructions to Moses to depart with the people to go to the land of Canaan, affirming also that He would send His angel before t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-23 Moses is very earnest with God. Thus, by the intercession of Christ, we are not only saved from ruin, but become entitled to everlasting happiness. Observe here how he pleads. We find grace in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Let us rather live and die in the wilderness with thy presence and favour, than go into Canaan without it; for even that promise of rest I value not without thy presence. So he echoes back God's words...

  • 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 33:15 said H559 (H8799) Presence H6440 go H1980 (H8802) up H5927 (H8686) go not with me - 3's H300

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MOSES WRESTLES WITH YAHWEH ABOUT HIS DECISION NOT TO GO WITH THEM (EXODUS 33:12). The general fact about Moses' relationship with God having been made clear, Moses now comes to Yahweh to plead for a r...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The journey to be resumed. God's presence assured. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: God's special presence with us in the wilderness by His Spirit and grace to direct, defend an...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 33:2. _I will send an angel:_ a created angel. Proof demonstrative that the christian fathers are all correct in declaring that the Angel of the covenant, in Exodus 3:2; Exodus 3:6;...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence._ THE WITHDRAWAL OF GOD’S PRESENCE DEPRECATED What was the special grace desired by Moses in these memorable words? What withdrawal of honour an...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 33:1 This chapter describes the difficult time following the golden calf episode, as the Lord says he no longer will go AMONG his people (v. Exodus 33:3

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 33:12 God has promised to send an “angel” to lead his rebellious people into the land (v. Exodus 33:2), but Moses demands that the Lord himself go with them (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 33:18. Thy glory] = Kebodecha, from kabod = glory, _i.e_., the mysterious essential qualities of the Deity in all their magnificence and stupendousness. Moses felt forced to ma...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE REVOCATION OF THE THREAT OF WITHDRAWAL. After some days' "wrestling with God" in the "tent of meeting," Moses prayed to know definitely what God had determined on. "Show me thy way," he...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn now to Exodus chapter thirty-three that we might continue our study through the Word of God. And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up from here, you and the people which you have br...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 33:3 Exodus 34:9 Psalms 4:6...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And he said, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence — He speaks as one that dreaded the thought of going forward without God's presence....

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