Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book. Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.” Yahweh struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
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Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
Yahweh struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
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And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.
And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; behold, Mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.'
And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
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- Psalms 69:28 (v33) Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
- Revelation 20:12 (v33) I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of…
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- Deuteronomy 32:35 (v34) Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
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- Exodus 33:2 (v34) I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the…
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- Exodus 32:4 (v35) He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molded calf. Then they said, “These are your gods,…
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- Numbers 20:16 (v34) When we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of…
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- Amos 3:14 (v34) “For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will…
- Matthew 27:3-7 (v35) Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief…
- Acts 1:18 (v35) Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed…
- Acts 7:41 (v35) They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv33, 35 I will make it known that he was never…
I will make it known that he was never predestinated in mine eternal counsel to life everlasting.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv33–35 Exo 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever…
Exo 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Ver. 33. Blot out.] Cut him out of the roll of the living.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv33–35 Whosoever hath sinned, or, doth sin, to wit, presumptuously,…
Whosoever hath sinned, or, doth sin, to wit, presumptuously, obstinately, and impenitently, him will I cut off out of the land of the living, and eternally deprive of my favour and glory, and not thee who art innocent and righteous.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv33–35 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place…
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee,.... That is, to the land of Canaan, which he had promised to their fathers and to them, and had directed Moses to bring them to:
behold, mine angel shall go before thee: and not I, as Jarchi interprets it; not the Angel of the covenant, and of his presence, as in Exo 23:20 but a created angel, which, though a favour, was a lessening of the mercy before promised and granted; and which gave the people a great deal of concern, though Moses by his supplications got the former blessing restored, Exo 33:2,
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nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them; that is, when he should visit them in a way of correction for other sins, he would visit them in like manner for this sin, the worship of the golden calf; and so Jarchi well explains it,"when I visit upon them their iniquities, I will visit upon them a little of this iniquity, with the rest of iniquities; and there is no punishment (adds he) comes upon Israel, in which there is not something of the punishment of the sin of the calf;''and the Jews have a saying (t), that"there is not a generation in which there is not an ounce of the sin of the calf.''
(t) T. Hieros. Taanith, fol. 68. 3.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv33–35 Whosoever hath sinned, him will I blot out of…
Whosoever hath sinned, him will I blot out of my book - The soul that sins shall die, and not the innocent for the guilty.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv33–35 Verse 33. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will…
Verse 33. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out] As if the Divine Being had said: "All my conduct is regulated by infinite justice and righteousness: in no case shall the innocent ever suffer for the guilty. That no man may transgress through ignorance, I have given you my law, and thus published my covenant; the people themselves have acknowledged its justice and equity, and have voluntarily ratified it. He then that sins against me, (for sin is the transgression of the law, 1Jo 3:4, and the law must be published and known that it may be binding,) him will I blot out of my book." And is it not remarkable that to these conditions of the covenant God strictly adhered, so that not one soul of these transgressors ever entered into the promised rest! Here was justice. And yet, though they deserved death, they were spared! Here was mercy. Thus, as far as justice would permit, mercy extended; and as far as mercy would permit, justice proceeded. Behold, O reader, the GOODNESS and SEVERITY of GOD! MERCY saves all that JUSTICE can spare; and JUSTICE destroys all that MERCY should not save.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv33–34 Exo 32:33. Whosoever hath sinned, him will I blot…
Exo 32:33. Whosoever hath sinned, him will I blot out of my book — The soul that sins shall die, and not the innocent for the guilty.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv33, 35 Book: him will I slay; and, if he die…
Book: him will I slay; and, if he die impenitent, I will punish him for ever. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v35 the Lord plagued the people, because they made the…
the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf--No immediate judgments were inflicted, but this early lapse into idolatry was always mentioned as an aggravation of their subsequent apostasies.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv33–35 33. Him will I blot out — Only the…
33. Him will I blot out — Only the wilful sinner, who violates the holy commandments and persists in his disobedience, shall be cut off from the people of God.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv33–35 33. Jehovah replies that He will blot out of…
33. Jehovah replies that He will blot out of His book not the righteous, but those only who have sinned against Him.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv33–35 (33) Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I…
(33) Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out.—Comp. Eze_18:4 : “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” A mere man cannot take other men’s sins on him, cannot relieve them of the penalties attached to sin, the worst of which is the depravation of the soul itself. Sin persisted in blots out from God’s book by the absolute contradiction that there is between evil and good. Even Christ’s merits cannot avail the sinner who does not put away his sin, detest it, abhor, it, revolt from it. Only One who can implant a principle of life in man can save from death.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv33–35 Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot…
Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Beyond a doubt, it is the general teaching of Scripture that vicarious punishment will not be accepted. "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him". (Eze_18:20) Man "cannot deliver his brother, or make agreement with God for him; for it cost more to redeem their souls, so that he must let that alone for ever". (Psa_49:7, Psa_49:8) One only atonement is accepted that of him who is at once man and God who has, himself, no sin and can therefore lake the punishment of others.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v34 (See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
Angel
(See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v33 that person I will blot out of my book
that person I will blot out of my book
The phrase "that person" represents "that person's name." AT: "I will erase that person's name from my book" (See: Metonymy)
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my book
This refers to the book of Yahweh that Moses spoke of in Exodus 32:32.
But on the day that I punish them, I will punish them
On the day that God decides to punish them, it will be clear that it is God who is judging them.
Yahweh sent a plague on the people
This plague may have been a serious illness. AT: "Yahweh made the people very sick"
they had made the calf, the one that Aaron made
Even though Aaron made the calf, the people were also guilty because they told Aaron to do it. AT: "they told Aaron to make the calf"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv33–34 32:33 God dismissed Moses’ request. He would bring judgment…
32:33 God dismissed Moses’ request. He would bring judgment only on those who had sinned in the incident.
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