Exodus 34:15-16 NLT,NIV,ESV

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 34:1-35

THE SECOND GIVING OF THE LAW (vs.1-28) Though the first tables of the law had been given to Moses, they never came into the camp. Thus Israel never was under absolute law. This would have meant death for all Israel. But the Lord instructs Moses to cut two more tables of stone and again come up the mountain to meet the Lord who would write the commandments on these stones. Again, however, Moses was to be alone: neither people, herds or flocks were to come near the mountain. When Moses came... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:1-35

THE COVENANT RENEWED MOSES SEPARATED UNTO GOD (Exodus 33:7-11 ) The tabernacle, or tent, here referred to (Exodus 33:7 ), was that of Moses, as the Tabernacle of the Lord had not yet been erected. As the Lord would no longer manifest Himself among the people, it was necessary thus to become separated from them if Moses was to enjoy such intercourse. (Compare 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 .) “The tabernacle of the Congregation” is rendered in the Revised Version, “the tent of meeting,” i.e., the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 34:1-35

Morning on the Mount Exo 34:2 God wishes me to be alone with him. How solemn will the meeting be! Father and child; Sovereign and subject; Creator and creature! The distance between us will be infinite, unless he shorten it by his mercy! Oh, my poor broken and weary heart, think of it and be glad; God wants thee to meet him alone! He will heal thy wounds; he will shed his light upon thy tears, and make them shine like jewels; he will make thee young again. Oh that I might be on the mountain... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 34:12-17

The same precepts are of everlasting obligation, in all ages of the Church, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:15

Covenant. The same word occurs here, as (ver. 12,) in Hebrew and Septuagint. (Haydock) --- It relates chiefly to contracts of marriage, which God forbids the faithful to enter into with the Chanaanites, and with other idolatrous nations, lest they should follow their example. Solomon is reprehended for transgressing this law, (3 Kings xi. 1,) and such marriages are called abominations. (1 Esdras ix. 1.; x. 2, 10.; Josephus) But if any of those people became converts, the reason of the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:16

Son. The Chaldean and Septuagint add, "nor give any of thy daughters to their sons;" or, joining this verse with the 15th, the Septuagint say, "make no covenant....lest they commit fornication after their gods....and call thee and thou eat....and thou take of thier daughters wives for thy sons, and thou wilt give some of thy daughters to their sons, and thy daughters shall go fornicating after their gods." The most imminent dangers attend those women, who have infidel husbands. (Haydock) ---... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 34:10-17

10-17 The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however curious or costly; to refuse all alliance, friendship, or marriage with idolaters, and all idolatrous feasts; and they were reminded not with idolaters, and all idolatrous feats; and they were reminded not to repeat the crime of making molten images. Jealously is called the rage of a man, Proverbs 6:34; but in God it is holy and just displeasure. Those cannot worship God aright, who do not worship him only. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 34:10-17

The Gracious Promise v. 10. And He said, Behold, I make a covenant, in the place of or in addition to that which had been broken by Israel's idolatry: Before all the people, in their presence, in their sight, I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth nor in any nation, namely, in bringing His people safely into the Land of Promise. 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 with thee, a thing which... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 34:1-35

THIRD SECTIONThe New Tables of the Law for the People prone to a Hierarchy. Clearer Revelation of God’s Grace. Sterner Prohibition of Idolatry. Stricter Commands concerning the Passover, the First-born, the Sabbath, and the Feasts. Return of Moses with the Tables. Moses’ Shining Face and his VeilExodus 34:1-35.A.—The new stone tables for the divine writingExodus 34:1-41And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these [the] tables the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 34:1-17

the Covenant of the Law Renewed Exodus 34:1-17 Before we can behold the vision of Eternal Love we must be willing to fulfill three conditions: (1) Earliness : “My soul, be ready in the morning.” (2) Solitude : “No man shall come up with thee.” (3) The open heart : “That God may write there what He will.” God is always passing by and covering us with the shadow of His hand, and proclaiming His loving kindness and tender mercy. He keeps mercy for thousands, and limits the entail of sin to... read more