Exodus 33:18-19

18 ¹Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!"

19 And He said, "²I Myself will make all My goodness pass before * you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and ³I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion."

Exodus 33:18-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 33

This chapter informs us, that the Lord refusing to go with the people, only sending an angel with them, they are filled with concern, and troubled, Ex 33:1-6. Moses upon this pitched the tabernacle without the camp, where everyone that sought the Lord went; Moses entered into it himself, and the Lord talked to him in a friendly manner in the cloudy pillar that stood at the door of it, and the people worshipped, every man at his own tent door; all which foreboded good, and tended to reconciliation, Ex 33:7-11. Moses improved the opportunity, and entreats the presence of God to go with them, which was granted, Ex 33:12-17 and that he might have a sight of the glory of God; and this is promised to pass before him, he being put into the cleft of the rock, Ex 33:18-23.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 33:20-23
• 2. Exodus 34:6, 7
• 3. Romans 9:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "he"