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Themes in Exodus 33

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Themes in Exodus 33

Exodus 33:1 (show verse)

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought from the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel), saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’

Israel » Presence » Of God » Withdrawn

Exodus 33:2 (show verse)

I will send an Angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Amorites » Judgments denounced against
Canaanites » To be expelled from the land
Israel » Presence » Of God » Withdrawn

Exodus 33:3 (show verse)

Go up to a land [of abundance] flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are a stiff-necked (stubborn, rebellious) people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Israel » Obduracy of
Israel » Presence » Of God » Withdrawn
Judgments » May be averted by » Humiliation
Milk » Figuratite
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » Of worshiping the golden calf
Sin » Penalty for » Separation from God
Sin » Secret » Separates from God
Sins » Penalty » Separation from God
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Separation from God

Exodus 33:4 (show verse)

When the people heard this sad word, they mourned, and none of them put on his ornaments.

Adorning » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Adorning » Jewels » Discarded
Conviction » Instances of » The israelites » After » Golden calf
Israel » Mourning
Jewels » Discarded
Jewels » Regarded by jacob as obnoxious to holiness
Judgments » May be averted by » Humiliation
Mourning » Laying aside ornaments
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Ornaments » Jewels » Discarded
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » Of worshiping the golden calf

Exodus 33:5 (show verse)

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked (stubborn, rebellious) people! If I should come among you for one moment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, [penitently] take off your ornaments, so that I may know what to do with you.’”

Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-necked
Character of the wicked » Stiff-necked
Israel » Mourning
Jewels » Regarded by jacob as obnoxious to holiness
Time » Computed by » Moments

Exodus 33:6 (show verse)

So the Israelites left off all their ornaments [in repentance], from Mount Horeb (Sinai) onward.

Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Israel » Mourning
Jewels » Regarded by jacob as obnoxious to holiness
Mourning » Laying aside ornaments

Exodus 33:7 (show verse)

Now Moses used to take his own tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting [of God with His own people]. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the [temporary] tent of meeting which was outside the camp.

Israel » Mourning
Tabernacle » Called the » Tabernacle of the congregation
Tabernacle » The one instituted by moses was called » Tabernacle (av), tent (rv)
Tabernacle » One existed before moses received the pattern authorized on mount sinai

Exodus 33:8 (show verse)

Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand, each at his tent door, and look at Moses until he entered the tent.

Awe » For the aged » For men of God
Israel » Mourning
moses » Character of » Respected and feared
Reverence » For men of God
Tabernacle » One existed before moses received the pattern authorized on mount sinai
Tents » Were used by » Israel in the desert

Exodus 33:9 (show verse)

Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the doorway of the tent; and the Lord would speak with Moses.

Cloud of glory » Called » Cloudy pillar
Communion » Instances of » moses
Fellowship, with God » With Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
God » Fellowship with » Moses' fellowship with God
Israel » Mourning
Jebusites » Land of, given to abraham and his descendants
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
Tabernacle » One existed before moses received the pattern authorized on mount sinai

Exodus 33:10 (show verse)

When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tent door, all the people would rise and worship, each at his tent door.

Cloud of glory » Called » Cloudy pillar
Israel » Mourning
Tabernacle » One existed before moses received the pattern authorized on mount sinai

Exodus 33:11 (show verse)

And so the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his attendant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Communion » Instances of » moses
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Friendship » General references to » Divine (of God)
God » Christ's » Friendship of
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Intimately associated with moses
moses » Prophecies of
moses » Character of » God spoke to, as a man to his friend
Tabernacle » One existed before moses received the pattern authorized on mount sinai

Exodus 33:12 (show verse)

Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’

Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » moses
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Prayer » Importunity in » moses
Prayer » By moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering israel
The favor of God » Plead, in prayer

Exodus 33:13 (show verse)

Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways so that I may know You [becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, recognizing and understanding Your ways more clearly] and that I may find grace and favor in Your sight. And consider also, that this nation is Your people.”

Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » moses
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Prayer » Importunity in » moses

Exodus 33:14 (show verse)

And the Lord said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest [by bringing you and the people into the promised land].”

Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » moses
Cloud of glory » Called » The presence of God
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Fellowship » With God
God » Presence of » Affords rest
Judgments » May be averted by » Humiliation
Prayer » Importunity in » moses
divine Presence » Comfort » Affords rest
Rest, spiritual » The divine presence gives
Spiritual » Rest » The divine presence gives

Exodus 33:15 (show verse)

And Moses said to Him, “If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here.

Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » moses
Cloud of glory » Called » The presence of God
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Fellowship » With God
intercession » Answered » After the complaining of the people
Prayer » Importunity in » moses

Exodus 33:16 (show verse)

For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we are distinguished, Your people and I, from all the [other] people on the face of the earth?”

Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » Separation from other nations
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Saints are separate from
Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » moses
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Fellowship » With God
intercession » Answered » After the complaining of the people
Israel » Separation of » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Jews, the » Separated to God
Jews, the » Separated from all other nations
Prayer » Importunity in » moses
Separation » In israel, of the physically unclean and diseased from the » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged

Exodus 33:17 (show verse)

The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have found favor (lovingkindness, mercy) in My sight and I have known you [personally] by name.”

Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » moses
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Fellowship » With God
intercession » Answered » After the complaining of the people
Seeing » No man seeing God

Exodus 33:18 (show verse)

Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!”

Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » moses
holy Boldness » Exemplified
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Condescension of God » Indulges moses' prayer to behold his glory
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
Prayer » By moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering israel
Seeing » No man seeing God
Vision » of moses » Of the glory of God

Exodus 33:19 (show verse)

And God said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the Name of the Lord before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion (lovingkindness) on whom I will show compassion.”

Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Condescension of God » Indulges moses' prayer to behold his glory
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
Seeing » No man seeing God
Vision » of moses » Of the glory of God

Exodus 33:20 (show verse)

But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man shall see Me and live!”

Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Condescension of God » Indulges moses' prayer to behold his glory
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
God » Trust in » Unseen
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Sometimes refused because not in accord with the divine will
Seeing » No man seeing God
Vision » of moses » Of the glory of God

Exodus 33:21 (show verse)

Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place beside Me, and you shall stand there on the rock;

Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Condescension of God » Indulges moses' prayer to behold his glory
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
Rocks » Used as » Places of observation
Seeing » No man seeing God
Vision » of moses » Of the glory of God

Exodus 33:22 (show verse)

and while My glory is passing by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and protectively cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A refuge
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Condescension of God » Indulges moses' prayer to behold his glory
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
God » Mysteries of » Refuge, a
God » Overshadowing providence shelters God's people » In the rock of ages
God » Overshadowing of » In the rock of ages
Overshadowing providence » Shelters God's people » In the rock of ages
divine Overshadowing » Shelters God's people » In the rock of ages
divine Protector » A refuge
divine Providence » Overshadowing shelters God's people » In the rock of ages
Rocks » Often had holes and clefts
Seeing » No man seeing God
The Lord as a Shadow » Shelters God's people » In the rock of ages
Vision » of moses » Of the glory of God

Exodus 33:23 (show verse)

Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”