And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
“If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.
And he saith unto Him, `If Thy presence is not going--take us not up from this place ;
And he said to him, If thy presence do not go, bring us not up hence.
Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
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"Here we will stay till we obtain thy favour; like Jacob, I will not let thee go except thou bless me. " And observe how he advances upon God's concessions; the kind intimations given him make him yet more importunate. Thus God's gracious promises, and the advances of mercy towards us, should not only encourage our faith, but excite our fervency in prayer.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Commentary on Chapter XXXIII 5. I will come up - As if he had said, ye deserve that I should do so. Put off thine ornaments, that I may know what to do with thee - That is, put thyself into the posture of a penitent, that the dispute may be determined in thy favour, and mercy may rejoice against judgment.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
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And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way.
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Psalms 4:6Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
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Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon…
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Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight:…
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Exodus 33:3unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way.
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And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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