Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 32:33
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
33. Jehovah replies that He will blot out of His book not the righteous, but those only who have sinned against Him.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 33. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out] As if the Divine Being had said: “All my conduct is regulated by infinite justice and righteousness: in no case shall the innocent ever suffer for the guilty. That no man may transgress through ignorance, I have given you my law, and thus published my covenant; the people themselves have acknowledged its justice and equity, and have voluntarily ratified it. He then that sins against me, (for sin is the transgression of the law, 1Jo 3:4, and the law must be published and known that it may be binding,) him will I blot out of my book.” And is it not remarkable that to these conditions of the covenant God strictly adhered, so that not one soul of these transgressors ever entered into the promised rest! Here was justice. And yet, though they deserved death, they were spared! Here was mercy. Thus, as far as justice would permit, mercy extended; and as far as mercy would permit, justice proceeded. Behold, O reader, the GOODNESS and SEVERITY of GOD! MERCY saves all that JUSTICE can spare; and JUSTICE destroys all that MERCY should not save.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Whosoever hath sinned, or, doth sin, to wit, presumptuously, obstinately, and impenitently, him will I cut off out of the land of the living, and eternally deprive of my favour and glory, and not thee who art innocent and righteous.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
30-33. Moses said unto the people,Ye have sinned a great sinMoses labored to show the people theheinous nature of their sin, and to bring them to repentance. But notcontent with that, he hastened more earnestly to intercede for them.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the Lord said unto Moses,…. In answer to his request:
whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book; not that anyone that is really in the book of life is ever blotted out, or that anyone predestinated or ordained to eternal life ever perish: but some persons may think themselves, and they may seem to be written in that book, or to be among the number of God’s elect, but are not, and turn out obstinate impenitent sinners, and live and die in impenitence and unbelief; when it will appear that their names were never written in it, which, is the same thing as to be blotted out of it, see Ps 69:28. Now by this answer the Lord does not absolutely refuse the request of Moses with respect to the people, though he does with regard to himself, and the blotting his name out of his book; and it is plain, by what follows, he meant to show mercy to the people, since he bids Moses go and lead them on towards Canaan, and promises an angel to go before them; though he reserves to himself a liberty to chastise this people for this sin, as he should have opportunity, along with others.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
33. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out In these words God adapts Himself to the comprehension of the human mind, when He says, “him will I blot out;” for hypocrites make such false profession of His name, that they are not accounted aliens, until God openly renounces them: and hence their manifest rejection is called erasure. Moreover, God reproves the preposterous request of Moses, inasmuch as it does not consist with His justice to reject the innocent; whence it follows, that Moses had prayed inconsiderately. The sum is, that God, whenever He punishes the ungodly and iniquitous, pays them the wages which they have earned; whereas He never punishes the just. Yet it is to be observed, that when God declares that he will be the avenger of sins, His mercy is not excluded, whereby He buries the transgressions of His people, so that they come not into mind. Thus, when Paul says, “Neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor murderers, nor revilers, shall possess the kingdom of God,” (358) (1Co 6:9😉 it would be incorrect to conclude that they were all shut out from the hope of salvation; since he only speaks of the reprobate, who never repent, so that being converted they may obtain grace.
(358) It will be seen that C. here, as is often the case, quotes from memory.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(33) Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out.Comp. Eze. 18:4 : The soul that sinneth, it shall die. A mere man cannot take other mens sins on him, cannot relieve them of the penalties attached to sin, the worst of which is the depravation of the soul itself. Sin persisted in blots out from Gods book by the absolute contradiction that there is between evil and good. Even Christs merits cannot avail the sinner who does not put away his sin, detest it, abhor, it, revolt from it. Only One who can implant a principle of life in man can save from death.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
33. Him will I blot out Only the wilful sinner, who violates the holy commandments and persists in his disobedience, shall be cut off from the people of God .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot from my book.” ’
Yahweh’s reply was clear. The soul that sins will die. Even a Moses could not pay the price for another. (There would be only One Who would be able to do that). The principle of individual accountability was clearly enunciated.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Exo 32:33. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out i.e. I will not suffer them to live, to enjoy the temporal benefits and privileges of my covenant; and the sequel will shew us how this was verified. Impatient of Moses’s delay for forty days in the mount, they were condemned to wander forty years in the wilderness, and, for this and other offences, never to enter Canaan.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
And was not this in reality done, when, by the Lord Jesus assuming our nature, taking upon him our guilt, and becoming our surety, he gave himself a ransom for all? See 2Co 5:21 ; Gal 3:13 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Ver. 33. Blot out. ] Cut him out of the roll of the living.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
him. Under the Law, the sinner blotted out: under grace, sin blotted out.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
sinned: Lev 23:30, Psa 69:28, Eze 18:4
my book: Psa 109:13, Psa 109:14, Phi 4:3, Rev 13:8, Rev 20:12
Reciprocal: Gen 7:4 – destroy Deu 9:14 – blot Deu 10:10 – the Lord hearkened Deu 29:20 – blot out 2Ki 14:27 – blot out 1Ch 21:17 – let thine Isa 4:3 – written Eze 13:9 – neither shall they be Dan 12:1 – written 2Ti 4:3 – having Rev 3:5 – blot Rev 22:19 – God
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 32:33. Whosoever hath sinned, him will I blot out of my book The soul that sins shall die, and not the innocent for the guilty.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my {o} book.
(o) I will make it known that he was never predestined in my eternal counsel to life everlasting.