Exodus 33:1

CHAPTER XXXIII

Moses is commanded to depart from the mount, and lead up the

people towards the promised land, 1.

An angel is promised to be their guide, 2.

The land is described, and the Lord refuses to go with them, 3.

The people mourn, and strip themselves of their ornaments, 4-6.

The tabernacle or tent is pitched without the camp, 7.

Moses goes to it to consult the Lord, and the cloudy pillar descends

on it, 8, 9.

The people, standing at their tent doors, witness this, 10.

The Lord speaks familiarly with Moses; he returns to the camp, and

leaves Joshua in the tabernacle, 11.

Moses pleads with God, and desires to know whom he will send to be

their guide, and to be informed of the way of the Lord, 12, 13.

The Lord promises that his presence shall go with them, 14.

Moses pleads that the people may be taken under the Divine

protection, 15, 16.

The Lord promises to do so, 17.

Moses requests to see the Divine glory, 18.

And God promises to make his goodness pass before him, and to

proclaim his name, 19.

Shows that no man can see his glory and live, 20;

but promises to put him in the cleft of a rock, and to cover him

with his hand while his glory passed by, and then to remove his

hand and let him see his back parts, 21-23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXIII

Verse Exodus 33:1. Unto the land] That is, towards it, or to the borders of it. See Exodus 32:34. Exodus 32:34, Exodus 32:34.