Exo 23:21, 33:18-23, 34:5-7, Num 12:8, Jos 5:13-6:2, Judg 6:12-26 | TSK | STEP | Beware of him. provoke him not. he will not. my name.

Thou canst not.This is well explained by Rabbi Jehudah, in Sepher Cosri, (P. iv. 3.) "Of that divine glory mentioned in the Scripture, there is one degree which the eyes of the prophets were able to explore; another which all the Israelites saw, as the cloud and consuming fire; the third is so bright, and so dazzling, that no mortal is able to comprehend it; but should anyone venture to look on it, his whole frame would be dissolved." In such inconceivable splendour is the Divine Majesty revealed to the inhabitants of the celestial world, where he is said to "dwell in the light which no man can approach unto." (1 Ti 6:16.) By the "face of God," therefore, we are to understand that light inaccessible before which angels may stand, but which would be so insufferable to mortal eyes, that no man could see it and live.

24:10; Ge 32:30; De 5:24; Jud 6:22; 13:22; Isa 6:5; Joh 1:18

1Ti 6:16; Heb 1:13; Re 1:16,17

place by.

De 5:31; Jos 20:4; Isa 56:5; Zec 3:7; Lu 15:1

in a clift.

Ps 18:2; So 2:3; Isa 2:21; 32:2; 1Co 10:4; 2Co 5:19

cover thee.

De 33:12; Ps 91:1,4The rock on which Moses stood, and in the clift of which he was sheltered, was doubtless an emblem of Christ; in whose person, character, and salvation alone, sinners may by faith see the glory of God, and live; for there it appears in softened splendour; as the sun, when his brightness is diminished by a mist, is beheld more distinctly by the human eye.--Scott

thou shalt.

20; Job 11:7; 26:14; Joh 1:18; 1Co 13:12; 1Ti 6:16

Exodus 34:5-7

descended.

19:18; 33:9; Nu 11:17,25; 1Ki 8:10-12; Lu 9:34,35

the name.

33:19; Nu 14:17; De 32:3; Ps 102:21; Pr 18:10; Isa 1:10

passed.

33:20-23; 1Ki 19:11

proclaimed.

Nu 14:17-19; Isa 12:4

The Lord.

3:13-16

merciful.

De 5:10; 2Ch 30:9; Ne 9:17; Ps 86:5,15; 103:8-13; 111:4; 112:4

Ps 116:5; 145:8; Joe 2:13; Jon 4:2; Ro 2:4

abundant.

Ps 31:19; Mic 7:18; Ro 2:4; 5:20,21; Eph 1:7,8

truth.

Ps 57:10; 91:4; 108:4; 111:8; 138:2; 146:6; La 3:23; Mic 7:20

Joh 1:17

Keeping.

20:6; De 5:10; Ne 1:5; 9:32; Ps 86:15; Jer 32:18; Da 9:4

forgiving.

Ps 103:3; 130:4; Da 9:9; Mic 7:18; Mt 6:14,15; 12:31; 18:32-35

Lu 7:42,48; Ac 5:31; 13:38; Ro 4:7,8; Eph 1:7; 4:32; 1Jo 1:9

that will by no means clear the guilty.The Hebrew {nakkeh lo yenakkeh,} has been rendered "Acquitting him who is not innocent." Nothing can more strongly express the goodness of God to frail mortals than this declaration, "which has been misunderstood and misinterpreted by all our translators."

23:7,21; Nu 14:18-23; De 32:35; Jos 24:19; Job 10:14; Ps 9:16,17

Ps 11:5,6; 58:10,11; 136:10,15; Isa 45:21; Mic 6:11; Na 1:2,3,6

Ro 2:4-9; 3:19-26; 9:22,23; Heb 12:29; Re 20:15; 21:8

visiting.

20:5,6

Numbers 12:8

mouth.

14:14; Ex 33:11; De 34:10; 1Ti 6:16

dark speeches.

Ps 49:4; Eze 17:2; 20:49; Mt 13:35; Joh 15:15; 1Co 13:12

similitude.

Ex 24:10,11; 33:19,23; 34:5-7; De 4:15; Isa 40:18; 46:5; Joh 1:18

Joh 14:7-10; 15:24; 2Co 3:18; 4:4-6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

were ye.

Ex 34:30; Lu 10:16; 1Th 4:8; 2Pe 2:10; Jude 1:8

Joshua 5:13-15

he lifted.

Ge 33:1,5; Da 8:3; 10:5

a man.

6:2; Ge 18:2; 32:24-30; Ex 23:23; Jud 13:8,9,11,22; Da 10:5

Ho 12:3-5; Zec 1:8; Ac 1:10; Re 1:13

his sword.

Nu 22:23; 1Ch 21:16,17,27,30

Art thou for us.

1Ch 12:17,18

but as captain. or, Prince.

Ex 23:20-22; Isa 55:4; Da 10:13,21; 12:1; Heb 2:10; Re 12:7

Re 19:11-14

fell on his.

Ge 17:3,17; Le 9:24; Nu 16:22,45; Mt 8:2; Lu 5:12; Ac 10:25,26

Re 19:10; 22:8,9

What saith.

1Sa 3:9,10; Isa 6:8; Ac 9:6

my lord.

Ex 4:10,13; Ps 110:1; Mt 22:44; Lu 1:43; 20:42; Joh 20:28; Php 3:8

Loose.

Ex 3:5; Ac 7:32,33; 2Pe 1:18

And Joshua.Many persons have been puzzled to know what was intended by this extraordinary appearance of the angel to Joshua, because they supposed that the whole business ends with the chapter; whereas it is continued in the succeeding one, the first verse of which is a mere parenthesis, simply relating to the state of Jericho at the time when Joshua was favoured with this encouraging vision; by which he was shewn that their help came from God alone, and that it was not by human might or power, but by the Lord of hosts they were to obtain the victory.

Joshua 6:1-2

1 Jericho is shut up.

2 God instructs Joshua how to beseige it.

12 The city is compassed.

17 It must be accursed.

20 The walls fall down.

22 Rahab is saved.

26 The builder of Jericho is cursed.

was straitly. Heb. did shut up, and was shut up.

2:7; 2Ki 17:4

because.

2:9-14,24; Ps 127:1

the Lord.

5:13-15

See, I have.

9-24; 2:9,24; 8:1; 11:6-8; Jud 11:21; 2Sa 5:19; Ne 9:24; Da 2:21,44

Da 4:17,35; 5:18

the king.

De 7:24; Jud 11:24

Judges 6:12-26

the angel.

13:3; Lu 1:11,28

The Lord.

2:18; Ex 3:12; Jos 1:5,9; Ru 2:4; Mt 1:23; 28:20; Lu 1:28

Ac 18:9,10

if the Lord.

Ge 25:22; Ex 33:14-16; Nu 14:14,15; Ro 8:31

why then.

De 29:24; 30:17,18; Ps 77:7-9; 89:49; Isa 59:1,2; 63:15

our fathers.

Ps 44:1; 78:3,4

forsaken us.

De 31:17; 2Ch 15:2; Ps 27:9; Isa 41:17; Jer 23:33

the Lord.

Go in.

4:6; Jos 1:5-9; 1Sa 12:11; 1Ch 14:9,10; Heb 11:32,34

wherewith.

Ex 3:11; 4:10; Jer 1:6; Lu 1:34

my family is poor. Heb. my thousand is the meanest.

Ex 18:21-25; 1Sa 9:21; 18:23; Mic 5:2

the least.

Ge 32:10; Jer 50:45; 1Co 15:9; Eph 3:8

12; Ex 3:12; Jos 1:5; Isa 41:10,14-16; Mt 28:20; Mr 16:20

Ac 11:21

If now.

Ex 33:13,16

shew.

36-40; Ge 15:8-17; Ex 4:1-9; 2Ki 20:8-11; Ps 86:17; Isa 7:11

bring.

13:15; Ge 18:3,5; 19:3

present. or, meat offering.

and made.Dr. Shaw observes, "Besides a bowl of milk, and a basket of figs, raisins, or dates, which upon our arrival were presented to us, to stay our appetite, the master of the tent fetched us from his flock, according to the number of our company, a kid or a goat, a lamb or a sheep; half of which was immediately seethed by his wife, and served up with {cucasoe;} the rest was made {kab-ab,} i.e., cut to pieces and roasted, which we reserved for our breakfast or dinner next day." May we not suppose, says Mr. Harmer, that Gideon presented some slight refreshment to the supposed prophet, according to the present Arab mode, and desired him to stay till he could provide something more substantial; that he immediately killed a kid, seethed a part of it, and when ready brought the stewed meat in a pot, with unleavened cakes of bread, which he had baked; and the other part, the {kab-ab,} in a basket for him to carry with him, for some after repast in his journey?

13:15-19; Ge 18:6-8

a kid. Heb. a kid of the goats. unleavened cakes.

Le 2:4

lay them.

13:19

pour out.

1Ki 18:33,34

rose up.

13:20; Le 9:24; 1Ki 18:38; 1Ch 21:26; 2Ch 7:1

perceived.

13:21

because.