The Second Tablets

Exodus 33:14-34:5

• MOSES INTERCEDES FOR THE ISRAELITES (33:12-17):

  • Moses begged the Lord not to depart from the people.

  • He asked God to lead Israel and dwell with them as they entered Canaan.

  • God granted Moses’ request and reassured him His presence would go with Israel.

• MOSES SEES GOD’S BACK AND HIS VEILED GLORY (33:18-23):

  • Having obtained the promise of God, Moses asked the Lord to show him His glory.

  • He wanted to see God more clearly.

  • God agreed to Moses’ request but told him He could not reveal His face to Moses because viewing the face of God would kill a human being.

  • God put Moses in “a cleft of the rock” and covered him with His hand and He passed by.

  • Moses was able to see God’s back, but he did not see His face.

• MOSES MEETS WITH GOD TO RECREATE THE STONE TABLETS (34:1-9):

  • The Lord told Moses to cut two new tablets of stone to replace the ones he broke after seeing the people worshipping the golden calf (32:19):

  • God met Moses on Mount Sinai “in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name of the Lord.”

  • God described Himself as merciful, slow to anger, and forgiving, but also as one who would not allow the wicked and unrepentant to go unpunished.

  • Moses worshipped the Lord and begged him to accompany the Israelites as they entered the land of Canaan.

  • God wrote His laws on Moses’ two new stone tablets (34:1).

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