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. Moses makes these second tables; Jehovah made the first. See on Exodus 31:18. WRITE. See note on Exodu... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Heb, _'ish._ See App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT UP. Moses' sixth and last ascent. See note on Exodus 19:3. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROCLAIMED. As promised in Exodus 33:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _EL_ See App-4. LONGSUFFERING. slow to anger. GOODNESS. lovingkindness, or grace. TRUTH. faithfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. FORGIVING. bearing away. INIQUITY. perverseness. Hebrew. _avah_, App-44. TRANSGRESSION. rebellion. Heb, _pasha._ App-44. SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ See App-44. BY NO MEANS CLEAR THE GUILTY. Not even Christ, when our sins were imputed to Him: therefore, all now in Him... [ Continue Reading ]
WORSHIPPED. This is ever the effect of the manifestation of Jehovah in grace. Compare 2 Samuel 7:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD... MY LORD. Hebrew. _Adonai, Adonai._ But this is one of the 134 places where Jehovah was altered to Adonai by the Sopherim. See App-32. FOR, &c. The moment Jehovah speaks of grace, Moses turns the very charge of Jehovah, in Exodus 33:5,. into. plea and ground for His presence.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE [JEHOVAH] SAID. See note on Exodus 3:7, and Compare Exodus 6:10. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6) for emphasis. COVENANT OF MARVELS. This covenant finds its complete fulfilment in the Apocalypse.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. they.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGES. sacred pillars. Compare Exodus 23:24; Exodus 24:4, and note on Leviticus 26:1. GROVES. Hebrew. _'asherah._ First occurrence out of forty: always rendered "groves", but denotes. phallic image, worshipped by libidinous rites and lascivious practices See. App-42.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. "he [is]". GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SACRIFICE. Hebrew. _zabah._ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "according as". TIME. appointed time. ABIB. See note on Exodus 13:4, and App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEM. Hebrew. _padah._ See note on Exodus 6:6, and Exodus 13:13. APPEAR BEFORE ME. This is an alteration (in pointing) made by the Sopherim to soften the Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6) of the primitive text, which was "see My face". See note on Exodus 23:15, and compare the other passa... [ Continue Reading ]
EARING. ploughing. From A. S. _erian,_ Latin. _arare._... [ Continue Reading ]
THRICE. the number of Divine perfection. (App-10.) Lord GOD, the God. Hebrew. _the 'Adon, Jehovah Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFER. slay. Hebrew. _zabach._ Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "slay [and pour out]". See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
Write thou. See note on Exodus 17:14 and App-47.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Jehovah. See Exodus 34:1. TABLES. See on Exodus 31:18. TWO EPISODES, concluding the ascents and descents preparatory to the other great event of this section (Exodus 15:22; Exodus 40:38), viz. the setting up of the Tabernacle, and the command that none of the work was to be done on the Sabbath... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME DOWN. Moses' sixth and last descent. Compare Exodus 19:3. WIST NOT. knew not. Compare Moses: unconscious moral strength for testimony. SAMSON: unconscious weakness for unfaithfulness (Judges 16:20). PETER: unconscious deliverance for service (Acts 12:9). SHONE. radiated, or was glorious, i.e... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. afraid. See Exodus 20:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAVE THEM, &c. Charged them with.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT IN: i.e. into the tent. HE TOOK THE VAIL OFF. And, when Israel turns thus to Jehovah, He will take the vail from their heart, as Moses did from his face, 2 Corinthians 3:16. We, now, are "not as Moses", Exodus 34:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN. So 2 Corinthians 3:13. Greek. kept putting. vail on his face" (imperfect tense). They could not see "the end of the Law", which is Christ. Romans 10:4.... [ Continue Reading ]