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The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:18-23
Shew me thy glory. On this incident, remark— I. THE GOOD MAN THIRSTS FOR EVER FULLER MANIFESTATIONS OF THE DIVINE GLORY. The more he knows of God, the more he would know. The nearer he gets, he presses nearer still. He…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:18
The craving for close communion with God, may be considered— I. AS BASED ON A NATURAL INSTINCT. Man without God—without the consciousness of being sustained and upheld by an eternal omnipotent being—can have no strength…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:19
Divine sovereignty. On this note— I. GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS MERCY. He dispenses it to whom he will. He is free and unconstrained in its bestowal. The sinner cannot claim it as a right. He is not entitle…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:19
I will make all my goodness pass before thee. It is not quite clear what this means, or how it was fulfilled—whether the reference is to the revelation of God's goodness in Exodus 34:7, or to the entire experience that…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:20
No man can see me and live. The inability proclaimed in these words is not an absolute inability to see God, but an inability to see and survive the sight. Jacob, when he wrestled with the angel, marvelled that he could…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:21
Behold, there is a place by me. No sufficient indication is given by these words, or by any other words in Scripture, of the exact locality of the manifestation to Moses. The so-called" traditions "are worthless; and we…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:22
Clifts in the rock. God has many places of safety—"clifts in the rock"—where he puts us when trials approach. "As our day is, so is our strength." Bereavemeat comes upon us, and he elevates us on a pinnacle of faith to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:22
I will put thee in a clift of the rock, The "clift" has been identified with the "cave of Elijah" (1 Kings 19:9); but the words used are different; and even were they the same, no identity could be established. It is ra…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 33:23
Thou shalt see my back parts. Literally, "my back." The anthropomorphisms of the passage are numerous and strong—they must, of course, be regarded as accommodations to human ideas. After the Divine Presence had passed b…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:1-4
The new start. Moses' second absence, though, like the first, it lasted-forty days and forty nights (Exodus 34:28), was not followed by the same disastrous effects as the former one. The people had meantime had enough o…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:1-3
THE CONSTRUCTION AND UPREARING OF THE TABERNACLE. EXPOSITION ITERATION OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE SABBATH. The work commanded during the time of Moses' first stay upon Sinai (ch. 25-31.), and hindered first by the infrac…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:1
All the congregation. All the Israelites were to be allowed the privilege of making offerings for the tabernacle (Exodus 25:2-7), and all who were competent might take part in the spinning and the weaving of the materia…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:2
Is almost a repetition of Exodus 31:15.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:3
Ye shall kindle no fire. The kindling of fire in early times involved considerable labour. It was ordinarily affected by rubbing two sticks together, or twisting one round rapidly between the two palms in a depression u…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:4-20
EXPOSITION THE PEOPLE INVITED TO BRING GIFTS, AND ASSIST IN THE WORK OF THE TABERNACLE. Having warned the Israelites against breaches of the sabbath, Moses proceeded to enumerate the offerings which God had said that th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:5-10
Correspond to Exodus 25:2-7, the correspondence in the list of offerings being exact.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:5-19
The duty and privilege of making offerings to God. That God allows us to offer to him of his own, and accepts such offerings as free gifts, is one of his many gracious condescensions. It is the part of all ministers to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:11
On the tabernacle, see Exodus 26:1-6; on the tent, Exodus 26:7-13; on the covering, Exodus 26:14; the boards, Exodus 26:15-25; the bars, Exodus 26:26-29; the pillars, Exodus 26:32-37; and the sockets, Exodus 26:19, Exod…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:12
On the ark and the staves thereof, see Exodus 25:10-15; on the mercy-seat, Exodus 25:17-22; on the vail of the covering, see Exodus 26:31.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:13
On the table and its appurtenances, see Exodus 25:23-30.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:14
For the candlestick, its furniture, and its lamps, compare Exodus 25:31-39.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:15
The incense altar. See Exodus 30:1-10. His staves. See Exodus 30:5. The anointing oil is described in the same chapter, Exodus 30:23-25; the sweet incense in Exodus 30:34, Exodus 30:35; the hangings for the door in Exod…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:16
Is a reference to Exodus 27:1-8, Exodus 30:18-21.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 35:17
Is a reference to Exodus 27:9-18.