Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 29:46
And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I [am] the LORD their God.
46. And they shall know ] viz. by the evidences of His presence in their midst (cf. Exo 16:6; Exo 16:12). For other instances of the expression, see on Exo 6:7.
I am Jehovah their God ] a closing asseverative formula: see on Exo 6:8
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 46. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God] That is, They shall acknowledge God, and their infinite obligations to him. In a multitude of places in Scripture the word know should be thus understood.
That I may dwell among them] For without this acknowledgment and consequent dependence on and gratitude and obedience to God, they could not expect him to dwell among them.
BY dwelling among the people God shows that he would be a continual resident in their houses and in their hearts; that he would be their God – the sole object of their religious worship, to whom they should turn and on whom they should trust in all difficulties and distresses; and that he would be to them all that the Creator could be to his creatures. That in consequence they should have a full conviction of his presence and blessing, and a consciousness that HE was their God, and that they were his people. Thus then God dwells among men that they may know him; and they must know him that he may continue to dwell among them. He who does not experimentally know God, cannot have him as an indwelling Saviour; and he who does not continue to know – to acknowledge, love, and obey him, cannot retain him as his Preserver and Sanctifier. From the beginning of the world, the salvation of the souls of men necessarily implied the indwelling influences of God. Reader, hast thou this salvation? This alone will support thee in all thy travels in this wilderness, comfort thee in death, and give thee boldness in the day of judgment. “He,” says an old writer, “who has pardon may look his judge in the face.”
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And they shall know that I am the Lord their God,…. By his presence with them, by the blessings bestowed upon them, by his care of them, and kindness to them:
that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell amongst them; not only did he bring them from thence, that they might dwell in the land of Canaan, but that he might dwell among them, which was by far the greatest mercy; and not only that they might be delivered from the bondage and affliction with which they were sorely pressed, but that they might be a free people, under the protection of their King and their God, in the midst of them; all which was a great encouragement to them, and an obligation on them to attend the service of the sanctuary, and to obey the Lord in whatsoever he had enjoined or should command them:
I am the Lord their God; of which he had given full proof and evidence by what he had done for them, and would yet give more; and to have the Lord our God is the greatest happiness that can be enjoyed, see
Ps 33:12.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
46. And they shall know that I am the Lord. In these words God signifies that He has not only been the deliverer of His people on one occasion, but with the object of presiding over their welfare, and of demonstrating practically that He dwells among them. He, moreover, appointed the sanctuary to be the symbol of His presence, and, as it were, its pledge; from whence He would have the rule of piety proceed, and be sought for by His worshippers.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(46) They shall know . . . i.e., My after care of them will prove me the same loving and all-powerful God whose help effected their deliverance from the bondage of Egypt.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
REFLECTIONS
Reader! let us not think, in the perusal of this Chapter, that we are in the midst of shadows still; but bless God the Holy Ghost, who enables us to look through the shadow, and see clearly the substance, to which the whole ministered. Do we not in Aaron see our Almighty Aaron, and in his sons those who are the sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty, whom Jesus hath made kings and priests to God and the Father? Was Aaron thus washed, and arrayed, and anointed to the sacred service? and was not Jesus, our great high priest, consecrated to the work, when in the infinite purity of his nature he offered himself in all the glories of his person and his character, to make reconciliation for the sins of his people? Dearest and ever blessed Lord! do thou go in before me, in all the parts of this precious character. Be thou my morning and my evening propitiation! Sanctify my soul with the continued pourings forth of all the graces, and gifts, and rich anointings, of thine Holy Spirit. And may that first and unspeakable mercy be my portion, that being reconciled to God, even the Father, in thy blood and righteousness, he may according to his most sweet promise dwell in me, and be in me and with me; that he may be my God, and that I may be among the number of his people.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
that I may dwell. This was the object in bringing them forth from Egypt.
among = in the midst.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
that I am: Exo 20:2, Jer 31:33
I am: Lev 11:44, Lev 18:30, Lev 19:2, Eze 20:5
Reciprocal: Exo 6:7 – I will be Num 16:3 – the Lord Num 23:21 – the Lord Num 35:34 – dwell among 2Ch 6:18 – But will Psa 114:2 – General Jer 14:9 – art Eze 28:26 – and they Eze 34:24 – I the Lord will Hag 2:5 – to the
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
29:46 And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: {q} I [am] the LORD their God.
(q) It is I the Lord, that am their God.