Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 33

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Exodus 33 . 1 , The Lord refuses to go as he had promised with the people; Exodus 33 . 4 , The people mourn thereat; Exodus 33 . 7 , The tabernacle is removed out of the camp; Exodus 33 . 9 , The Lord talks familiarly with Moses; Exodus 33 . 12 , Moses prevails with God , and desires to see his glory.

Exodus 33:1

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’

Exodus 33:1 · BSB

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Exodus 33:2

And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Exodus 33:2 · BSB

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Exodus 33:3

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”

Exodus 33:3 · BSB

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Exodus 33:4

When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

Exodus 33:4 · BSB

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Exodus 33:5

For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”

Exodus 33:5 · BSB

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Exodus 33:6

So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.

Exodus 33:6 · BSB

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Exodus 33:7

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

Exodus 33:7 · BSB

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the tabernacle Eth haohel , the Tent , not eth hammishcan , the Tabernacle , for this was not erected; but probably the tent of Moses , which was before in the midst of the camp , and to which the people came for judgment; and where , no doubt , God frequently met his servant. This situation , as well as the superior elegance , of a chief's tent , was one mode by which he was honoured.

Exodus 33:8

Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

Exodus 33:8 · BSB

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Exodus 33:9

As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

Exodus 33:9 · BSB

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Exodus 33:10

When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.

Exodus 33:10 · BSB

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Exodus 33:11

Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

Exodus 33:11 · BSB

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Exodus 33:12

Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’

Exodus 33:12 · BSB

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Exodus 33:13

Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people."

Exodus 33:13 · BSB

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Exodus 33:14

And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Exodus 33:14 · BSB

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Exodus 33:15

“If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.

Exodus 33:15 · BSB

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Exodus 33:16

For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

Exodus 33:16 · BSB

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Exodus 33:17

So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Exodus 33:17 · BSB

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Exodus 33:18

Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”

Exodus 33:18 · BSB

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Exodus 33:19

“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

Exodus 33:19 · BSB

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Exodus 33:20

But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

Exodus 33:20 · BSB

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This is well explained by Rabbi Jehudah , in Sepher Cosri . P. iv. 3 . "Of that divine glory mentioned in the Scripture , there is one degree which the eyes of the prophets were able to explore; another which all the Israelites saw , as the cloud and consuming fire; the third is so bright , and so dazzling , that no mortal is able to comprehend it; but should anyone venture to look on it , his whole frame would be dissolved." In such inconceivable splendour is the Divine Majesty revealed to the inhabitants of the celestial world , where he is said to "dwell in the light which no man can approach unto" . 1 Timothy 6 . 16. By the "face of God ," therefore , we are to understand that light inaccessible before which angels may stand , but which would be so insufferable to mortal eyes , that no man could see it and live

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Exodus 33:21

The LORD continued, "There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

Exodus 33:21 · BSB

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Exodus 33:22

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Exodus 33:22 · BSB

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  • Deuteronomy 33:12
  • Psalm 91:1
  • Psalm 91:4 The rock on which Moses stood , and in the clift of which he was sheltered , was doubtless an emblem of Christ; in whose person , character , and salvation alone , sinners may by faith see the glory of God , and live; for there it appears in softened splendour; as the sun , when his brightness is diminished by a mist , is beheld more distinctly by the human eye. . Scott

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Exodus 33:23

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

Exodus 33:23 · BSB

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In the wider web16 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Romans 9:15 → Exodus 33:19
Allusions John 1:18 → Exodus 33:20, Acts 7:51 → Exodus 33:3, 1 Timothy 6:15-16 → Exodus 33:20, Deuteronomy 34:10 → Exodus 33:11, Deuteronomy 34:10-12 → Exodus 33:11, 1 Kings 19:11 → Exodus 33:21, 1 Kings 19:11-13 → Exodus 33:21-22, Psalms 103:7-8 → Exodus 33:13
Echoes 1 John 3:2 → Exodus 33:20, Revelation 22:4 → Exodus 33:20, Exodus 33:20 → Genesis 32:30, Psalm 103:14 → Exodus 33:13
Trajectories
Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me), Sensory Access to God (From Sinai's Veil to Zion's Vision)
Chiasms
Shaped Exodus 33:12–17
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