Êxodo 33:14

14 Respondeu-lhe o Senhor: Eu mesmo irei contigo, e eu te darei descanso.

Êxodo 33:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 33:14

And he said
In answer to his request:

my presence shall go [with thee];
or before thee, both with Moses and before the people; meaning the Angel of his presence he had before promised, the eternal Word and Son of God, who saved them, redeemed them, bore and carried them all the days of old: or "my faces shall go" {y}; all the three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Spirit; there was Jehovah the Father, whose the Angel of his presence was; and there was Jehovah the Son, Christ, whom they tempted in the wilderness; and there was Jehovah the Holy Spirit, whom they vexed, see ( Isaiah 63:9-11 )

and I will give thee rest;
not ease, and peace and tranquillity of mind, or a freedom from the fear of enemies, and all dangers by them, much less rest in the grave, before Israel should be brought into Canaan's land; but rather the promised land itself, which was "the rest" that was promised, and would be given, and was typical of that eternal rest which remains for the people of God in heaven, and is a pure gift; for this promise is not personal and peculiar to Moses, but belonged to all the people, to whom God would give the typical rest, see ( Deuteronomy 12:9 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (wkly ynp) "facies meae ibunt", Montanus, Vatablus.

Êxodo 33:14 In-Context

12 E Moisés disse ao Senhor: Eis que tu me dizes: Faze subir a este povo; porém não me fazes saber a quem hás de enviar comigo. Disseste também: Conheço-te por teu nome, e achaste graça aos meus olhos.

13 Se eu, pois, tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, rogo-te que agora me mostres os teus caminhos, para que eu te conheça, a fim de que ache graça aos teus olhos; e considera que esta nação é teu povo.

14 Respondeu-lhe o Senhor: Eu mesmo irei contigo, e eu te darei descanso.

15 Então Moisés lhe disse: Se tu mesmo não fores conosco, não nos faças subir daqui.

16 Como, pois, se saberá agora que tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, eu e o teu povo? acaso não é por andares tu conosco, de modo a sermos separados, eu e o teu povo, de todos os povos que há sobre a face da terra;