Exodus 34:27-28 NIV

He was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights . As on the former occasion ( Exodus 24:18 ). The patience and faith of the people was tested by this second long delay. Happily, they stood the test; and on Moses' final descent from Sinai the Israelites were found expectant and obedient ( Exodus 34:30-32 ). He did neither eat bread nor drink water . This was so also on the former occasion ( Deuteronomy 9:9 ), though it is not mentioned in Exodus. The near presence of God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:28-35

Fellowship with God and its fruits. I. COMMUNION WITH GOD . 1 . The length of his sojourn—forty days and forty nights. Time sped unmarked in the presence and fellowship of God. The future glory an untiring joy. The redeemed serve him day and night in his temple. 2 . Lower wants were forgotten: "he did neither eat bread nor drink water." The need of the body was unfelt in the satisfying of the desires of the spirit. "In thy presence is fulness of joy." To escape from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 34:12-27

The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; see Exodus 24:7).Exodus 34:13Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators supposed that what the law commands is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 34:28

He wrote - i. e. Yahweh wrote Exodus 34:1. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 34:28

Exodus 34:28. He, God, wrote. 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 34:27

Write thou. See note on Exodus 17:14 and App-47 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 34:28

He = Jehovah. See Exodus 34:1 . tables . See on Exodus 31:18 . Two episodes , concluding the ascents and descents preparatory to the other great event of this section (Exodus 15:22 - Exodus 40:38 ), viz. the setting up of the Tabernacle, and the command that none of the work was to be done on the Sabbath. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 34:27-28

"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.""Write these words ..." The words which Moses was commanded to write were "these words," the reiteration of God's instructions just repeated. Moses did not write the Ten Commandments... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:27-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:28