Bible Commentary

And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou [art] shall see the work of the LORD: for it [is] a terrible thing that I will do … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:10”

And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 9. Jehovah’s ‘ways’ (Exo 33:13) and character having now been disclosed to Moses, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:9”

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. 8. Moses now reverently does obeisance (cf. Exo 4:31, Exo 12:27). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 8-26. Moses bowed . . . andworshippedIn the East, people bow the head to royalty, and aresilent when it passes by, while in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:8”

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation]. 7. keeping mercy, &c.] hence, with ‘doing’ for ‘keeping,’ Exo 20:6. forgiving iniquity, &c.] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:7”

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 6 8 . Description of the theophany promised in Exo 33:19-23. The theophany consists essentially in a proclamation of the glories of Jehovah’s moral nature, developed with special reference to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:6”

And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 5. and he (Moses) took his stand (cf. v. 2) with him there, and called upon the name of Jehovah ] i.e. invoked Him in worship. The marg. must be followed: the subject of the verbs … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:5”

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 4. Moses . . . took in his hand thetwo tables of stoneAs Moses … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:4”

And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 3. The precautions are similar to those taken in Exo 19:12 f. before ] rather, in front of, i.e. on the slopes in front of the mountain, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:3”

And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 2. be ready ] Cf. Exo 19:10. station thyself for me ] The same word as in Exo 33:21. the top of the mount ] Exo 19:20, Exo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:2”

And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon [these] tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou didst break. 1 5. Moses is commanded to hew two tables of stone, similar to those which he had broken (Exo 32:19), … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:1”