And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto him,.... Moses said unto the Lord:
if thy presence go not with me; or with us, as it may be as well supplied, and which agrees with what follows:
carry us not up hence; from the…
Adam Clarke
If thy presence go not - אם אין פניך הלכים im ein paneycha holechim, if thy faces do not go - if we have not manifestations of thy peculiar providence and grace, carry us not up hence. Without…
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
Moses replies that if Jehovah will not go with them, they prefer to remain where they are, in the neighbourhood of their God (Exo 19:4), at Sinai.