Exodus 33:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. ”

Exodus 33:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Exodus 3:8 . For I will not go up in the midst of thee - The covenant on which the original promise Exodus 23:20-23 was based had been broken by the people. Yahweh now therefore declared...
Exodus 33:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:1-4 J, Exodus 33:5-11 E, Exodus 33:12-23 J. Yahweh's Presence. The sections of 34 have been glossed and disarranged. In Exodus 33:1-4 J, Yahweh's refusal to go up in the midst of...
Exodus 33:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

milk and honey . all kinds of good things. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6.
Exodus 33:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. I will not go up in the midst of thee - Conseq...
Exodus 33:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses, &c.— One would imagine, that this was a repetition of what is said in the 34th verse of the last chapter; to which is added ( Exodus 33:4 .) a detail of the conseq...
Exodus 33:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. I will not go up in the midst of thee .....
Exodus 33:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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:...
Exodus 33:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXXIII. THE HUMILIATION OF THE PEOPLE AT THE THREAT OF GOD’S WITHDRAWAL. (1-6) If God consented at all to renew His covenant with the people, after they had so flagrantly broken it, the terms on w...
Exodus 33:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXIII. PREVAILING INTERCESSION. Exodus 33:1-23 At this stage the first concession is announced: Moses shall lead the people to their rest, and God will send an angel with him. We...
Exodus 33:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Angel Leader and the Human Intercessor Exodus 33:1-11 Moses knew that His people were forgiven, but it hurt him to hear that an angel was henceforth to lead them. See Exodus 32:34 . The bu...
Exodus 33:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The command to go forward and possess the land was now repeated to the people. It is clear that the people felt that the promise of an angel to be sent before them was the lowering of a privilege. Th...
Exodus 33:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We shall have a lively sense of the awfulness of this message, when we call to mind what passed between God and his servant Moses in the Mount, when the Lord was giving him directions for the buildin...
Exodus 33:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey ,.... Abounding with all the necessaries and good things of life, a description of the land of Canaan frequently made, see Exodus 3:8 : for I will not go u...
Exodus 33:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. Ver. 3. I will not go up, ] sc., By thos...
Exodus 33:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will not go up in the midst of thee By my own special and gracious presence, as hitherto I have done, but I will depart from thee. In pursuance hereof, God removes his tabernacle without the camp...
Exodus 33:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

TOLD TO GO WITHOUT THE LORD'S PRESENCE (vs.1-23) Again the Lord gives instructions to Moses to depart with the people to go to the land of Canaan, affirming also that He would send His angel befo...
Exodus 33:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Reproved. B. C. 1491. 1 And the L ORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go...
Exodus 33:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will not go up in the midst of thee by my own special and gracious presence, as hitherto I have done, but I will depart from thee. In pursuance hereof God removes his tabernacle without the camp,...
Exodus 33:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Command to Go Forward - The People Repent ( Exodus 33:1-6 ). It is quite clear that in this passage the putting off by the children of Israel of their ornaments is a deeply significant fact. T...
Exodus 33:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 33:18 . Thy glory] = Kebodecha, from kabod = glory, i.e ., the mysterious essential qualities of the Deity in all their magnificence and stupendousness. Moses felt forced...
Exodus 33:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 33:2 . I will send an angel: a created angel. Proof demonstrative that the christian fathers are all correct in declaring that the Angel of the covenant, in Exodus 3:2 ; Exodus 3:6 ; Gen...
Exodus 33:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Without the camp. The Tabernacle without the camp I. First, then, they that seek the Lord must go without the camp. 1. It is scarcely necessary for me to say that no man can be a true seeker...
Exodus 33:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE THREAT OF GOD 'S WITHDRAWAL , AND THE HUMILIATION OF THE PEOPLE . The intercession of Moses, and his offer to sacrifice himself for his people had obtained from...
Exodus 33:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sorrow of the People over their Sins
Exodus 33:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a land Exodus 3:8 Exodus 13:5 Leviticus 20:24 Numbers 13:27 Numbers 14:8 Numbers 16:13 Joshua 5:6 Jeremiah 11:5 for I Exodus 33:15-17 Exodus 32:10 Exodus 32:14 Numbers 14:12...

Exodus 33:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 33:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 33:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 33:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 33:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 33:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 33:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 33:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 33:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 33:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 33:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 33:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 33:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 33:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge