Exo 33:2 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Exod 33:2-3: 33:2-3 an angel. ... But I will not travel: This angel was possibly not the “angel of the Lord ,” since in Exodus and other parts of the Old Testament, the angel of the Lord is closely associated with the presence of the Lord himself (see 3:2 ; 23:20-23 ). Or, God might have been saying that while he would go before them in the person of the angel (33:2 ), he would not dwell among them (33:3 ) in the Tabernacle, as he had planned. • Canaanites ... Jebusites: See study note on 3:8.

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‏ Exodus 33:2

Summary for Exod 33:2-3: 33:2-3 ^a an angel. ... But I will not travel: This angel was possibly not the “angel of the Lord,” since in Exodus and other parts of the Old Testament, the angel of the Lord is closely associated with the presence of the Lord himself (see 3:2 ^b; 23:20-23 ^c). Or, God might have been saying that while he would go before them in the person of the angel (33:2 ^d), he would not dwell among them (33:3 ^e) in the Tabernacle, as he had planned.

• Canaanites ... Jebusites: See study note on 3:8.