- Bible
- Exodus
- Chapter 33
- Verse 13
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.
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Gill's Exposition
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight,.... Which he said, not as doubting whether he had or not, but as taking it for granted he had, and so argues from it, and improves his…
Barnes' Notes
Thy way - He desires not to be left in uncertainty, but to be assured, by Yahweh’s mode of proceeding, of the reality of the promises that had been made to him.
Adam Clarke
Show me now thy way - Let me know the manner in which thou wouldst have this people led up and governed, because this nation is thy people, and should be governed and guided in thy own way.
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…
Cambridge Bible
if, &c. A common Heb. phrase: Gen 18:3; Gen 30:27 al.
shew lit. make me to know. -Shew" in Old English meant not only to let see, but also to let know, or tell: see on Dan 2:2; Dan 4:2 in the Camb.…
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