Exodus 33
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Lutheran reading notes
In Exodus chapter 33, the story continues to develop the theme of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and the covenant at Sinai. Lutheran interpretation often highlights how the events reveal humanity’s need for God’s grace and the reliability of God's promises. The chapter illustrates both the reality of human weakness and the faithfulness of God who works through history.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, {and} go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
Exodus 33:1 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Exodus 33:2 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Exodus 33:4 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye {are} a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
Exodus 33:5 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
Exodus 33:6 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, {that} every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which {was} without the camp.
Exodus 33:7 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, {that} all the people rose up, and stood every man {at} his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
Exodus 33:8 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood {at} the door of the tabernacle, and {the LORD} talked with Moses.
Exodus 33:9 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand {at} the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man {in} his tent door.
Exodus 33:10 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Exodus 33:11 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Exodus 33:12 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation {is} thy people.
Exodus 33:13 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And he said, My presence shall go {with thee}, and I will give thee rest.
Exodus 33:14 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And he said unto him, If thy presence go not {with me}, carry us not up hence.
Exodus 33:15 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? {is it} not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that {are} upon the face of the earth.
Exodus 33:16 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Exodus 33:17 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Exodus 33:18 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Exodus 33:19 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Exodus 33:20 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And the LORD said, Behold, {there is} a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exodus 33:21 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Exodus 33:22 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Exodus 33:23 highlights redemption, covenant, worship with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.