Exodus 33:20 KJV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 33:1-23

Assurance of God’s presence (33:1-23)Because of his mercy God allowed the people to continue their journey to the land he had promised their ancestors, but because of their sin he could not go with them lest he destroy them. However, he promised to send a heavenly representative to go before them into Canaan. He also required the people to give a clear outward sign of mourning for their past sin and the loss of fellowship with God that resulted from it (33:1-6).God’s refusal to go with Israel... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 33:20

see My face . Compare notes on Exodus 23:15 with Exodus 34:20 . man . Hebrew 'adder. App-14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 33:18-23

MOSES REQUESTS TO SEE GOD"And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. And he said, thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see my face and live. And Jehovah said, Behold there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: and it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 33:18-23

Exodus 33:18-23. He said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory, &c.— Moses, having obtained from the Lord a merciful remission of the dread penalties denounced upon the Israelites, proceeds now to request a confirmation of his grace by a sight of his glory. Again, condescending to his petition, the Lord promises to make all his goodness pass before him, &c. Exo 33:19 from which one would conclude, that the glory which Moses was desirous to see, was some display of that mercy reserved for... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 33:17-23

God promised this too (Exodus 33:17).Third, Moses requested a greater perception of God’s essential being than he had experienced thus far. This would also enable him to serve God more effectively in view of the altered relationship (Exodus 33:18). God explained that no one can view Him directly and live."As our bodily eye is dazzled, and its power of vision destroyed, by looking directly at the brightness of the sun, so would our whole nature be destroyed by an unveiled sight of the brilliancy... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:1-23

The Intercession of Moses (continued)6. By the mount Horeb] RV ’from mount Horeb onward’: this implies that they ceased wearing their ornaments. Their humiliation was lasting. Horeb] i.e. Sinai: see on Exodus 3:1.7. Moses took the tabernacle] RV ’Moses used to take the tent,.. and he called it, The tent of meeting’: see on Exodus 25:22. The tent here is most probably not the Tabernacle whose construction is prescribed in Exodus 25-31. The words describe the practice of Moses before its... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 33:18-23

MOSES’ REQUEST TO SEE GOD’S GLORY, AND GOD’S REPLY TO IT.(18-23) Not till he had received full assurance of the people’s restoration to favour did Moses prefer any request for himself. Then, however, he made use of the privilege granted him to speak with God, “as a man speaketh unto his friend,” in order to obtain a blessing for which his spiritual nature craved, and than which he could conceive nothing more desirable. “Shew me,” he said, “I beseech thee, thy glory.” All that he had yet seen of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 33:1-23

The Presence Shall Enlighten the Way (for the New Year) Exodus 33:13-15 We have here: I. An unenlightened prayer for light. A rash prayer, impatient, unwise, and of the kind which God never answers according to our pleasure. Show me now Thy way. He wanted to have the sealed book opened, unrolled and set before him that book in which God has written things to come. The Lord is too merciful to let us look ahead. It is in mercy that He overthrows our predictions and mocks our guesses. It is... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 33:1-23

CHAPTER XXXIII.PREVAILING INTERCESSION.Exodus 33:1-23At this stage the first concession is announced: Moses shall lead the people to their rest, and God will send an angel with him.We have seen that the original promise of a great Angel in whom was the Divine Presence was full of encouragement and privilege (Exodus 23:20). No unbiassed reader can suppose that it is the sending of this same Angel of the Presence which now expresses the absence of God, or that He Who then would not pardon their... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 33:1-23

5. Moses’ Intercession and its Results CHAPTER 33 Repentance and Intercession 1. The word of the Lord and the people’s repentance (Exodus 33:1-6 ) 2. The tabernacle without the camp (Exodus 33:7 ) 3. Moses enters the tabernacle (Exodus 33:8-11 ) 4. Moses’ prayer and Jehovah’s answers (Exodus 33:12-17 ) 5. Moses’ request (Exodus 33:18-23 ) The words of the Lord, with which this chapter begins, reveal Him as the covenant-keeping Jehovah. He remembers His covenant, though they are a... read more