Exodus 33:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. ”

Exodus 33:4 - 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 33:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heard. This shows Moses had descended again. man. Hebrew 'ish (App-14).
Exodus 33:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And when the people heard these evil tidings Hence it more clearly appears that, as I have said, it was like a thunderbolt to them when God withdrew Himself from the people; for this divo...
Exodus 33:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Exodus 33:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And no man did put on him his ornaments— The ornaments of dress have always been esteemed marks of cheerfulness and festivity. The laying aside these, and putting on sackcloth or other melancholy r...
Exodus 33:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. When the people heard these evil tidings - from Moses on his descent from the mount. God,...
Exodus 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10-11 .
Exodus 33:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the people heard these evil tidings ,.... That God would withdraw his gracious presence, and go not up with them himself, only send an angel with them; and especially this may respect what...
Exodus 33:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. Ver. 4. They mourned. ] As good cause they had: for "woe be unto thee when I depart from thee."...
Exodus 33:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

No man did put on his ornaments This was a visible sign and profession of their inward humiliation and repentance for their sin, and of their deep sense of God's displeasure.
Exodus 33:4 - 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 33:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Reproved. B. C. 1491. 1 And the L ORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go...
Exodus 33:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their precious garments or jewels, which the women reserved, as we saw, Exodus 33:3 . This was a visible sign and profession of their inward humiliation and repentance for their sin, and of their...
Exodus 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. The work of Lent Lent is a season with a likeness to Jewish ordinances, because man in his nature and wants is ever the sa...
Exodus 33:4 - 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 33:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sorrow of the People over their Sins
Exodus 33:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the mourned Numbers 14:1 Numbers 14:39 Hosea 7:14 Zechariah 7:3 Zechariah 7:5 and no Leviticus 10:6 2 Samuel 19:24 1 Kings 21:27 2 Kings 19:1 Ezra 9:3 Esther 4:1-4 Job 1:20 J...

Exodus 33:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 33:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 33:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 33:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 33:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 33:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 33:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 33:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 33:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 33:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 33:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 33:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 33:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 33:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 33:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge