exodus-33:13-18,-psalm-25:1-10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:16

So shall we be separated - By having this Divine protection we shall be saved from idolatry, and be preserved in thy truth and in the true worshipping of thee; and thus shall we be separated from all the people that are upon the face of the earth: as all the nations of the world, the Jews only excepted, were at this time idolaters. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:17

I will do this thing also - My presence shall go with thee, and I will keep thee separate from all the people of the earth. Both these promises have been remarkably fulfilled. God continued miraculously with them till he brought them into the promised land; and from the day in which he brought them out of Egypt to the present day, he has kept them a distinct, unmixed people! Who can account for this on any principle but that of a continual especial providence, and a constant Divine... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:18

Show me thy glory - Moses probably desired to see that which constitutes the peculiar glory or excellence of the Divine nature as it stands in reference to man. By many this is thought to signify his eternal mercy in sending Christ Jesus into the world. Moses perceived that what God was now doing had the most important and gracious designs which at present he could not distinctly discover; therefore he desires God to show him his glory. God graciously promises to indulge him in this request... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:14

Verse 14 14.And he said, My presence shall go with thee We gather from this answer what the desire of Moses was, for God, in accepting his prayer, affirms in one word that He will go before them as He was wont, and this was a sure pledge of His presence in no ordinary manner. For although the whole world is governed by His providence, still His face does not therein appear so conspicuously as in His protection of the Church’s welfare. And, in fact, since the same Angel, who had before presided... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:15

Verse 15 15.And he said unto him, If thy presence go not Moses accepts what is accorded to him, whilst at the same time he signifies that it would be better and more desirable for him to perish in the desert than to go any further without the manifest token of God’s presence; and this he confirms in the following verse, and therefore I have inserted the expletive particle certe (indeed,) although the copula might also be resolved into the causal particle nam (for.) For he declares that the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:17

Verse 17 17.And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also He adds nothing new, but confirms by repetition what He had just said, in order to remove all doubt. Still He declares that He is induced by no other reason than by the gratuitous favor wherewith He had embraced Moses. This, therefore, is a kind of renewal of the Covenant, when the people is consecrated to God, so as to recover again the sacerdotal kingdom. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:18

Verse 18 18.And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory Thus far the desires of Moses had been confined within the limits of moderation and sobriety, but now he is carried beyond due bounds, and longs for more than is lawful or expedient; for it is plain from his repulse that he had inconsiderately proceeded further than He should. He desires that God should be revealed to him more closely, and in a more manifest form than before. Still it is not foolish curiosity that impels him to this,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 33:12-13

See, thou sayest . Moses takes advantage of his privilege of speaking as friend with friend, and uses familiar terms—"See," he says, "thou hast told me to conduct the people to Canaan, yet thou hast not made it clear whom thou wilt send with me. If it is to be an angel, what angel? Why not the angel of the original promise ( Exodus 23:20-23 )? Thou hast distinguished me with thy favour— Consider that this nation is thy people , and extend thy favour to them. At any rate shew me thy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 33:12-17

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 33:12-17

Effectual importunity. Our Lord Jesus Christ spake a parable to show "that men ought always to pray and not to faint" ( Luke 18:1 ). The present record is, we may be sure, inserted in the Old Testament for the same purpose. God wills to be importuned. Not, however, for his own sake, but for ours. He would have us fervent and persistent in prayer, for the improvement of our characters, the increase of our faith by exercise, the intensifying of our sense of dependence upon him. Especially... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 33:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 33:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 33:12-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 33:12-17

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