Egypt to Israel Part 9
Chapter 33
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’ 2 And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
4 And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.’ ” 6 So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
1-6 is Gods answer to Moses prayer in 32:13
My Angel before you- God would send his warriors
Canaanite…. – the people currently in the Land promised to Abraham
I will not go up in your midst- Ex 25:8-9 I will be in your midst, now he will no longer be. This is because of their past sin and possible future sin. This is the cloud by day and fire by night. (13:21-22)
this bad news-God not dwelling with them.
stripped themselves of their ornaments- This is a sign of morning.
7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. 8 So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. 10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door.
his tent-His home
outside the camp-The holy and unholy cannot dwell together.
tabernacle of meeting- The conference room!
Moses went out-Most likely a set time each day
stood at his tent door-A sign of respect
that the pillar of cloud descended-This is the presence of God, in the tent mentioned in verse 7
door of the tabernacle– God was with Moses
worshiped- they rose up and bowed down
11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
face to face- This does not mean he saw God, but that the communication was voice to voice, clear and no obstructions
not depart-Joshua being set apart from the people
12 Then 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 grace in My sight.’ 13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
12-13 how are we going to get to the promised land?
14 And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
My Presence-God will bring them into and settle them in the promised land
15 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
15-16- please do this
17 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
I will also do this- He will do all that moses askes. I will show favor to Israel, I will distinguish them, and you, and I will lead you
18 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
show me Your glory-He desired God
19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”
My goodness pass before you- no real translation!
the name of the Lord before you-The Glory of who he is
You cannot see My face- because of sin
Plunder Egypt-red sea-bitter water-bread from heaven and meat-water from rock-victory over the Amalekites-Jethro advises Israel-Mount Sini-The law-the tabernacle-The calf-the consequences-
34:1-4 man made tablets
5-7 God Passes by Moses
8-9 Moses prayers for the People
10-12 God will fulfil his promises
12-16 no deals with the people of the Land
17-27 laws
28 40 days with nothing but God
29-35 Moses Face shined with Gods Glory
Vail when with the people
Unveiled with God
Chapters 35-40 laws and building the tabernacle
40:34- God enters the tabernacle
When the cloud lifts, they move
They don’t move until it lifts up
Moses could not enter the tabernacle
Lev 10:1-3 Nadab and Abihu offer incense to God
They did not light it correctly, They were punished
They were not to be grieved
Numbers 1-10, census laws, blessings,
They leave Sinai Numbers 10:11-13 they move to the wilderness of Paran
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