exodus-34:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:6-7

The second proclamation of God's name. God had proclaimed his name to Moses, when he spoke with him out of the burning bush. He had declared it to be JEHOVAH , "the Self-Existent One." Under this name the people of Israel had known him from the time of Moses' return to Egypt from Midian, until that of which he is here speaking. Hitherto it had sufficed for them. It had marked him as, 1 . eternal; 2 . uncaused; 3 . unconditioned; 4 . self-sufficient; 5 . all-powerful. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:6-7

The name of the Lord. Moses had asked to see the glory of Jehovah, a request which it was possible to grant only in a very modified way. As much as Moses could bear to see he was allowed to see; and for what he was not able to see he received a most abundant and timely compensation in the revelation made to him of the Divine character. For this of course is what the proclamation of the name of Jehovah amounts to. The name of Jehovah is what we should call the character of Jehovah. It is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:6-7

God is love. A previous revelation, cf. Exodus 3:14 . Then the emphasis was on the name , now it is on the character of him who bears the name. Moses, in common with the people, longed after some visible manifestation of the glory of the unseen God who spoke to him ( Exodus 33:18 ). His desire is granted; but at the same time God turns his thoughts from the visible to the invisible. "It is not," he seems to say, "what I appear to be that man has to trust to; it is what I am."... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 34:6-7

This was the second revelation of the name of the God of Israel to Moses. The first revelation was of Yahweh as the self-existent One, who purposed to deliver His people with a mighty hand Exodus 3:14; this was of the same Yahweh as a loving Saviour who was now forgiving their sins. The two ideas that mark these revelations are found combined, apart from their historical development, in the second commandment, where the divine unity is shown on its practical side, in its relation to human... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 34:6-7

Exodus 34:6-7. And the Lord passed by before him Fixed views of God are reserved for the future state; the best we have in this world are transient. And proclaimed the name of the Lord By which he would make himself known. He had made himself known to Moses, in the glory of his self- existence and self-sufficiency, when he proclaimed that name, I am that I am; now he makes himself known in the glory of his grace and goodness, and all-sufficiency to us. The proclaiming of it denotes... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:1-35

The covenant re-established (34:1-35)When the people first swore their faithfulness to the covenant, they promised to keep all its requirements (see 24:3-8), but in practice they failed badly. God in his grace would renew the covenant, and to this end he called Moses back up the mountain. His fresh revelation to Moses therefore emphasized his love and mercy, but it also reminded the people of his righteous justice. Moses, painfully aware of the Israelites’ weakness, appealed to the grace of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 34:6

GOD . Hebrew. EL See App-4 . longsuffering = slow to anger. goodness = lovingkindness, or grace. truth = faithfulness. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 34:7

mercy = lovingkindness, or grace. forgiving = bearing away. iniquity = perverseness. Hebrew. avah , App-44 . transgression = rebellion. Heb, pasha. App-44 . sin. Hebrew. chat'a. See App-44 . by no means clear the guilty . Not even Christ, when our sins were imputed to Him: therefore, all now in Him are "cleared", Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). Hebrew "clearing will not clear", emphasis on "by no means". unto the third and to the fourth generation. This refrain recurs in whole... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 34:5-8

"And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah. And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth; keeping lovingkindness 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 the children's children, upon the third and upon the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 34:5-6

Exodus 34:5-6. Proclaimed the name of the Lord— Moses desired to see the glory of the Lord, ch. Exodus 33:18. The Lord promises to shew him his goodness; and, accordingly, he passes by before him, proclaiming his Name, the Deliverer and Covenant-God of the Hebrews; and also his attributes, at once of mercy and of terror; those attributes which were displayed in their most glorious light in the redemption of the world by the death of JESUS CHRIST: God thus shewing himself merciful, that is,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:6-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 34:6-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 34:6-7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:1-35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 34:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 34:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 34:5-8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 34:5-6

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