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Exodus 33:3

Exodus 33:3
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey,.... Abounding with all the necessaries and good things of life, a description of the land of Canaan frequently made, see Exo 3:8,

for I will not go up in the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 33:2-3

See Exo 3:8. For I will not go up in the midst of thee - The covenant on which the original promise Exo 23:20-23 was based had been broken by the people. Yahweh now therefore declared that though His…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I will not go up in the midst of thee - Consequently, the angel here promised to be their guide was not that angel in whom Jehovah's name was: and so the people understood it; hence the mourning which…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 33:1-6

Here is, I. The message which God sent by Moses to the children of Israel, signifying the continuance of the displeasure against them, and the bad terms they yet stood upon with God. This he must let…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

a land flowing, &c. See on Exo 3:8.

in the midst of v.5, Exo 17:7; Exo 34:9; Num 11:20; Num 14:14; Num 14:42.

a stiffnecked people Exo 32:9.

lest I consume thee, &c. in consequence of some outburst of…