Chūāijíjì 33:3

3 Lǐng nǐ dào nà liú nǎi yǔ mì zhī dì . wǒ zìjǐ bú tóng nǐmen shàng qù , yīnwei nǐmen shì yìng zhe jǐngxiàng de bǎixìng , kǒngpà wǒ zaì lù shàng bǎ nǐmen mièjué .

Chūāijíjì 33:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 33:3

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 ( Exodus 3:8 ) :

for I will not go up in the midst of thee;
would not grant them his presence in so near, visible, and respectable a manner as he had before done, though he would not utterly forsake them: the tabernacle was before in the midst of the camp, that is, that which was erected until the large one, ordered to be made, was finished, but now it was removed without the camp, ( Exodus 33:7 )

for thou art a stiffnecked people; (See Gill on Exodus 32:9):

lest I consume them in the way;
in the way to the land of Canaan, and so never get there; the meaning is, that the Lord being in the midst of them, their sin would be the more aggravated to be committed in his presence, before his face; and the glory of his majesty would require that immediate notice be taken of it, and just punishment inflicted; so that by this step God both consulted his own honour and their safety.

Chūāijíjì 33:3 In-Context

1 Yēhéhuá fēnfu Móxī shuō , wǒ céng qǐshì yīngxǔ Yàbólāhǎn , Yǐsā , Yǎgè shuō , yào jiàng Jiānán dì cìgĕi nǐde hòuyì . xiànzaì nǐ hé nǐ cóng Āijí dì suǒ lǐng chūlai de bǎixìng , yào cóng zhèlǐ wàng nà dì qù .

2 Wǒ yào chāiqiǎn shǐzhĕ zaì nǐ qiánmian , niǎn chū Jiānán rén , Yàmólìrén , Hèrén , Bǐlìxǐrén , Xīwèirén , Yēbùsīrén ,

3 Lǐng nǐ dào nà liú nǎi yǔ mì zhī dì . wǒ zìjǐ bú tóng nǐmen shàng qù , yīnwei nǐmen shì yìng zhe jǐngxiàng de bǎixìng , kǒngpà wǒ zaì lù shàng bǎ nǐmen mièjué .

4 Bǎixìng tīngjian zhè xiōng xìn jiù bēiāi , yĕ méiyǒu rén peìdaì zhuāngshì .

5 Yēhéhuá duì Móxī shuō , nǐ gàosu Yǐsèliè rén shuō , Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen shì yìng zhe jǐngxiàng de bǎixìng , wǒ ruò yī shà shí líndào nǐmen zhōngjiān , bì mièjué nǐmen . xiànzaì nǐmen yào bǎ shēnshang de zhuāngshì zhāi xià lái , shǐ wǒ kĕyǐ zhīdào zĕnyàng daì nǐmen .