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**And** . Moses must have descended for the fifth time. See note on [Exodus 19:3](../../../kjv/exodus/19/3) .
**the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 .
**the LORD said** . See note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) , and compare note on [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) .
**Hew thee** . Moses makes these second tables; Jehovah made the first. See on [Exodus 31:18](../../../kjv/exodus/31/18) .
**write.** See note on [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) and App-47 .

**man** . Heb, *'ish.* See App-14 .

**went up** . Moses' sixth and last ascent. See note on [Exodus 19:3](../../../kjv/exodus/19/3) .
**as** = according as.

**proclaimed.** As promised in [Exodus 33:19](../../../kjv/exodus/33/19) .

**GOD** . Hebrew. *EL* See App-4 .
**longsuffering** = slow to anger.
**goodness** = lovingkindness, or grace.
**truth** = faithfulness.

**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.
**forgiving** = bearing away.
**iniquity** = perverseness. Hebrew. *avah* , App-44 .
**transgression** = rebellion. Heb, *pasha.* App-44 .
**sin.** Hebrew. *chat'a.* See App-44 .
**by no means clear the guilty** . Not even Christ, when our sins were imputed to Him: therefore, all now in Him are "cleared", Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ). Hebrew "clearing will not clear", emphasis on "by no means". unto the third and to the fourth generation. This refrain recurs in whole or in part in Ex. [Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5) . Compare also [Numbers 14:18](../../../kjv/numbers/14/18) . [Deuteronomy 5:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/9) . [Nehemiah 9:17](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/17) . [Psalms 103:8](../../../kjv/psalms/103/8) . [Jeremiah 9:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/24) ; [Jeremiah 30:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/30/11) ; [Jeremiah 46:28](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/28) ; [Daniel 9:4](../../../kjv/daniel/9/4) .[Nahum 1:3](../../../kjv/nahum/1/3) . The visiting spread over in mercy, not extended in wrath.

**worshipped** . This is ever the effect of the manifestation of Jehovah in grace. Compare [2 Samuel 7:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/18) .

**Lord . . . my Lord.** Hebrew. *Adonai, Adonai.* But this is one of the 134 places where Jehovah was altered to Adonai by the Sopherim. See App-32 .
**for** , &c. The moment Jehovah speaks of grace, Moses turns the very charge of Jehovah, in [Exodus 33:5](../../../kjv/exodus/33/5) , . into a plea and ground for His presence.

**He [Jehovah] said.** See note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) , and Compare [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) .
**Behold** . Figure of speech *Asterismos* ( App-6 ) for emphasis.
**covenant of marvels** . This covenant finds its complete fulfilment in the Apocalypse.

**it** = they.

**images** = sacred pillars. Compare [Exodus 23:24](../../../kjv/exodus/23/24) ; [Exodus 24:4](../../../kjv/exodus/24/4) , and note on [Leviticus 26:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/1) .
**groves** = Hebrew. *'asherah.* First occurrence out of forty: always rendered "groves", but denotes a phallic image, worshipped by libidinous rites and lascivious practices See. App-42 .

**is** = "he [is]".
**GOD** = Hebrew El. App-4 .

**sacrifice** . Hebrew. *zabah.* App-43 .

**as** . Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "according as".
**time** = appointed time.
**Abib** . See note on [Exodus 13:4](../../../kjv/exodus/13/4) , and App-51 .

**redeem** . Hebrew. *padah.* See note on [Exodus 6:6](../../../kjv/exodus/6/6) , and [Exodus 13:13](../../../kjv/exodus/13/13) .
**appear before Me.** This is an alteration (in pointing) made by the Sopherim to soften the Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia* ( App-6 ) of the primitive text, which was "see My face". See note on [Exodus 23:15](../../../kjv/exodus/23/15) , and compare the other passages where this change is made, viz. [Exodus 34:20](../../../kjv/exodus/34/20) , [Exodus 34:23](../../../kjv/exodus/34/23) , [Exodus 34:24](../../../kjv/exodus/34/24) .[Deuteronomy 16:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/16) ; [Deuteronomy 31:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/11) .[Psalms 11:7](../../../kjv/psalms/11/7) ; [Psalms 17:15](../../../kjv/psalms/17/15) ; [Psalms 42:2](../../../kjv/psalms/42/2) .[Isaiah 1:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/12) ; [Isaiah 38:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/1) [Isaiah 38:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/1) . In this, therefore, there is no contradiction of [Exodus 33:20](../../../kjv/exodus/33/20) .
**empty** = empty-handed.

**earing** = ploughing. From A. S. *erian,* Latin. *arare.*

**Thrice** = the number of Divine perfection. ( App-10 .) Lord GOD, the God. Hebrew. *the 'Adon, Jehovah Elohim.* App-4 .

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .

**offer** = slay. Hebrew. *zabach.* Supply *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ), "slay [and pour out]". See App-43 .

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**Write thou.** See note on [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) and App-47 .

**He** = Jehovah. See [Exodus 34:1](../../../kjv/exodus/34/1) .
**tables** . See on [Exodus 31:18](../../../kjv/exodus/31/18) .
**Two episodes** , concluding the ascents and descents preparatory to the other great event of this section ([Exodus 15:22](../../../kjv/exodus/15/22) - [Exodus 40:38](../../../kjv/exodus/40/38) ), viz. the setting up of the Tabernacle, and the command that none of the work was to be done on the Sabbath.

**came down** . Moses' sixth and last descent. Compare [Exodus 19:3](../../../kjv/exodus/19/3) .
**wist not** = knew not. Compare Moses: unconscious moral strength for testimony.
**Samson** : unconscious weakness for unfaithfulness ([Judges 16:20](../../../kjv/judges/16/20) ).
**Peter** : unconscious deliverance for service ([Acts 12:9](../../../kjv/acts/12/9) ).
**shone** = radiated, or was glorious, i.e. reflected as a mirror the Divine glory, see [2 Corinthians 3:7](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/7) ; and compare [1 Corinthians 15:41](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/41) .[Revelation 18:1](../../../kjv/revelation/18/1) .[Matthew 17:2](../../../kjv/matthew/17/2) .[Acts 6:15](../../../kjv/acts/6/15) . The Vulgate mistook the Hebrew word *karan* = to radiate, for *keren, a* beam or horn of light (see [Habakkuk 3:4](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/4) and note on the subscription to [Psalms 21](../../../kjv/psalms/21) ). Hence the traditional paintings of Moses with two horns.
**while** , &c. = through his having spoken with him. This interprets [1 John 3:2](../../../kjv/1-john/3/2) . Compare [Matthew 17:2](../../../kjv/matthew/17/2) , and the "till " of [Exodus 34:33](../../../kjv/exodus/34/33) , and the "until" of [Exodus 34:35](../../../kjv/exodus/34/35) .

**children** = sons. afraid. See [Exodus 20:18-21](../../../kjv/exodus/20/18-21) .

**gave them** , &c. Charged them with.

**went in:** i.e. into the tent.
**he took the vail off** . And, when Israel turns thus to Jehovah, He will take the vail from their heart, as Moses did from his face, [2 Corinthians 3:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/16) . We, now, are "not as Moses", [Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) .

**again** . So [2 Corinthians 3:13](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/13) . Greek = kept putting a vail on his face" (imperfect tense). They could not see "the end of the Law", which is Christ. [Romans 10:4](../../../kjv/romans/10/4) .

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