--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD [Hebrew. Jehovah. said . See note on Exodus 3:7 , and p. note on Exodus 6:10 . the . Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and Ta" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/exodus/33" --- **the LORD [Hebrew.** ***Jehovah.*** **said** . See note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) , and p. note on [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) . **the** . Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and Targum of Onkelos, read "and the". **milk and honey** = all kinds of good things. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), App-6 . **heard.** This shows Moses had descended again. man. Hebrew 'ish ( App-14 ). **children** = sons. **stiffneeked People** . These have to be humbled; but an afflicted people is an object for Divine favour Compare Ch. [Exodus 2:24](../../../kjv/exodus/2/24) , [Exodus 2:25](../../../kjv/exodus/2/25) ; [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) ; [Exodus 4:31](../../../kjv/exodus/4/31) . **tabernacle** = tent; eleven times called tent; Hebrew. *'ohel.* Not *the* tabernacle, for this was not yet made, but a different building altogether, called "the tent of assembly "(see App-40 ). **without the camp** . In presence of corporate failure God withdraws Himself. Typical of our own day. Those who seek Him must "go forth to Him. "Compare [Hebrews 13:13](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/13) . **man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* See App-14 . **the LORD spake** . See note on [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) , and compare note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) . **face to face** . To emphasise the communion in the presence of corporate failure; this must ever be individual and personal. **servant** = personal attendant, as in [Exodus 24:13](../../../kjv/exodus/24/13) . Hebrew n'ar, rendered "servant '. [2 Samuel 19:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/17) . [2 Kings 5:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/20) . [Nehemiah 5:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/5/10) , &c. = assistant. **Joshua** . See [Exodus 17:9](../../../kjv/exodus/17/9) . He had not been in the camp; and when Moses went out Joshua remained in the tent. **whom** . As promised in [Exodus 32:34](../../../kjv/exodus/32/34) . **by name** . Compare [Isaiah 43:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/1) ; [Isaiah 49:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/1) . In the presence of corporate failure all is individual, compare [2 Timothy 2:19](../../../kjv/2-timothy/2/19) . (In 1Tim, we see corporate rule; in 2Tim, we see corporate ruin. Hence, 2Tim is individual throughout). **found grace** : or, favour. All is of grace, Compare [Exodus 34:9](../../../kjv/exodus/34/9) , &c. Noah ([Genesis 6:8](../../../kjv/genesis/6/8) ); Abraham ([Genesis 18:3](../../../kjv/genesis/18/3) ); Moses ([Exodus 34:9](../../../kjv/exodus/34/9) ), &c. **Thy way** . Different from Thy works. Compare [Psalms 103:7](../../../kjv/psalms/103/7) . "Ways " are esoteric, "acts " are exoteric; we must go "outside the camp "to learn the "ways". of Jehovah. **He [Jehovah] said** . See note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) , and Compare [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) . **My presence.** If this verse be punctuated as a question, then we can understand verse [Exodus 33:15](../../../kjv/exodus/33/15) , "Shall My presence go with thee, and shall I lead thee into rest? "as much as to *say,* How can My presence go with thee after this rejection of Me? **he** = Moses. **wherein . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis (* *App-6* *).* **so shall we be** : or, "and by our being". **earth** . Hebrew. *'adamah,* ground. **he** = Moses. **goodness** . The glory could not have been endured; *grace* comes first, *glory* is reserved for the future. **I will proclaim the name** . This is done in [Exodus 34:5-7](../../../kjv/exodus/34/5-7) . **see My face** . Compare notes on [Exodus 23:15](../../../kjv/exodus/23/15) with [Exodus 34:20](../../../kjv/exodus/34/20) . **man** . Hebrew 'adder. App-14 . **a rock** = the rock. **a cliff** = the clift or hollow. **My hand** . 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