Exodus 32:34 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

Moses, having executed justice upon the principal offenders, is here dealing both with the people and with God. I. With the people, to bring them to repentance, Exod. 32:30. 1. When some were slain, lest the rest should imagine that, because they were exempt from the capital punishment, they were therefore looked upon as free from guilt, Moses here tells the survivors, You have sinned a great sin, and therefore, though you have escaped this time, except you repent, you shall all likewise... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:34

Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee ,.... That is, to the land of Canaan, which he had promised to their fathers and to them, and had directed Moses to bring them to: behold, mine angel shall go before thee : and not I, as Jarchi interprets it; not the Angel of the covenant, and of his presence, as in Exodus 23:20 but a created angel, which, though a favour, was a lessening of the mercy before promised and granted; and which gave the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

Lead the people unto the place - The word place is not in the text, and is with great propriety omitted. For Moses never led this people into that place, they all died in the wilderness except Joshua and Caleb; but Moses led them towards the place, and thus the particle אל el here should be understood, unless we suppose that God designed to lead them to the borders of the land, but not to take them into it. I will visit their sin - I will not destroy them, but they shall not enter... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

Verse 34 34.Therefore now go, lead the people In these words God shews that He is appeased, for it was a sure sign of His reconciliation that His angel is appointed to guide them during the rest of their way. The exposition which some give, that an angel is now promised to take care of them, such as Daniel testifies to have been sometimes assigned even to heathen nations, and an instance of which we shall see in the next chapter, is but a poor conjecture; besides, God declares that though the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:15-35

Judgment and mercy. I. THE DESCENT or MOSES THE EMBLEM OF THE LAW 'S ENTRANCE INTO A WORLD OF SIN ( Exodus 32:15-29 ). 1 . He came with tables written by God's own finger. The Divine origin and claims of the law are still attested by its own nature and by man's conscience. 2 . He was met by the exhibition of gross and defiant sin. The law does not come to a people waiting to receive the knowledge of God's will, but busy with their idolatry and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-34

Moses as the forerunner of Christ. " A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you like unto me," said the great lawgiver, ere he left the earth ( Deuteronomy 17:15 , Deuteronomy 17:18 ); and the parallelism between Christ and Moses is in many respects most striking. 1 . Both were of obscure birth—"the son of a carpenter"—the son of "a man of the house of Levi." 2 . Both were in great peril in infancy—their life sought by the civil ruler—Herod—Pharaoh. 3 . Both... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

The second intercession. This second intercession of Moses is even more wonderful than the first. The question raised on that former occasion—Is Moses more merciful than God?—will, indeed, no longer occur. Those who might have been disposed to press that question then will probably not be disposed to press it now. They have since had sufficient evidence of Moses' severity. They have found that, whatever elements of character are lacking to him, he is not wanting in energy of indignation at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:34

Lead the people unto the place, etc. This was a revocation of the sentence of death passed in Exodus 32:10 . The people was to be spared, and Moses was to conduct them to Palestine. Mine Angel shall go before thee. Mine Angel—not I myself (compare Exodus 33:2 , Exodus 33:3 ). Another threatened punishment, which was revoked upon the repentance of the people ( Exodus 33:4 , Exodus 33:6 ), and the earnest prayer of Moses ( Exodus 33:14-16 ). I will visit their sin upon them ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 32:7-35

The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who were under his charge; whether he would prefer that he should himself become the founder of a “great nation,” or that the Lord’s promise should be fulfilled in the whole people of Israel. This may have been especially needful for Moses, in consequence of his natural disposition. See Numbers 12:3; and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:15-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 32:7-35

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