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Exodus 33:12

Exodus 33:12
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Moses said unto the Lord,.... Having returned from the camp to the tabernacle again:

see, thou sayest unto me, bring up this people: from hence to the land of Canaan, as in Exo 33:1.

and thou…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Moses said unto the Lord - We may suppose that after Moses had quitted the tabernacle he went to the camp, and gave the people some general information relative to the conversation he lately had with…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 33:12-23

Moses, having returned to the door of the tabernacle, becomes a humble and importunate supplicant there for two very great favours, and as a prince he has power with God, and prevails for both: herein…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Exodus 33:12-23

Moses resumes the intercession broken off at v.3; and starting from the command given him in Exo 32:34 a, Exo 33:1 a obtains from Jehovah (vv.14 16, as the text stands; see, however, on v.14) the…