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THE MESSAGE

Exodus 33:14

God said, "My presence will go with you. I'll see the journey to the end."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Boldness;   Fellowship;   God;   God Continued...;   Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fellowship-Estrangement;   Presence, Divine;   Rest, Spiritual;   Rest-Unrest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cloud of Glory;   Communion with God;   Judgments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Face;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Exodus, book of;   Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - God, Name of;   Mediator, Mediation;   Moses;   Priest, Priesthood;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Face;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shewbread;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Face;   Grace;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Exodus;   Moses;   Rest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Light and Darkness;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Rest (and forms);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   God;   Moses;   Presence;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anger;   Pilgrimage;   Shekinah;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 12;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 28;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for November 27;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
King James Version
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Lexham English Bible
And he said, "My presence will go, and I will give you rest."
New Century Version
The Lord answered, "I myself will go with you, and I will give you victory."
New English Translation
And the Lord said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
Amplified Bible
And the LORD said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest [by bringing you and the people into the promised land]."
New American Standard Bible
And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he answered, My presence shal go with thee, and I will giue thee rest.
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest."
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said, "I will go with you and give you peace."
Complete Jewish Bible
He answered, "Set your mind at rest — my presence will go with you, after all."
Darby Translation
And he said, My presence shall go, and I will give thee rest.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord answered, "I myself will go with you. I will lead you."
English Standard Version
And he said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Go ahead of me, and I will give you rest.
Good News Translation
The Lord said, "I will go with you, and I will give you victory."
Christian Standard Bible®
And he replied, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Literal Translation
And He said, My presence will go with you , and I will give you rest.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde: My presence shal go before the, there with wyll I lede the.
American Standard Version
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said: My presence shall go with thee, and I wyll geue thee rest.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He said: 'My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.'
King James Version (1611)
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will giue thee rest.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he says, I myself will go before thee, and give thee rest.
English Revised Version
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD answered, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And God seide, My face schal go bifor thee, and Y schal yyue reste to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'
Update Bible Version
And he said, My presence shall go [with you], and I will give you rest.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, My presence shall attend [thee], and I will give thee rest.
World English Bible
He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
New King James Version
And He said, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
New Living Translation
The Lord replied, "I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you."
New Life Bible
The Lord said, "I Myself will go with you. I will give you rest."
New Revised Standard
He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then he said, - Mine own presence, shall go on thus will I give thee rest.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said: My face shall go before thee, and I will give thee rest.
Revised Standard Version
And he said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest."

Contextual Overview

12Moses said to God , "Look, you tell me, ‘Lead this people,' but you don't let me know whom you're going to send with me. You tell me, ‘I know you well and you are special to me.' If I am so special to you, let me in on your plans. That way, I will continue being special to you. Don't forget, this is your people, your responsibility." 14 God said, "My presence will go with you. I'll see the journey to the end." 15Moses said, "If your presence doesn't take the lead here, call this trip off right now. How else will it be known that you're with me in this, with me and your people? Are you traveling with us or not? How else will we know that we're special, I and your people, among all other people on this planet Earth?" 17 God said to Moses: "All right. Just as you say; this also I will do, for I know you well and you are special to me. I know you by name." 18 Moses said, "Please. Let me see your Glory." 19 God said, "I will make my Goodness pass right in front of you; I'll call out the name, God , right before you. I'll treat well whomever I want to treat well and I'll be kind to whomever I want to be kind." 20 God continued, "But you may not see my face. No one can see me and live." 21 God said, "Look, here is a place right beside me. Put yourself on this rock. When my Glory passes by, I'll put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I've passed by. Then I'll take my hand away and you'll see my back. But you won't see my face."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

My presence: Exodus 13:21, Joshua 1:5, Isaiah 63:9, Matthew 28:20

rest: Deuteronomy 3:20, Joshua 21:44, Joshua 22:4, Joshua 23:1, Psalms 95:11, Jeremiah 6:16, Matthew 11:28, Hebrews 4:8, Hebrews 4:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:32 - I will not Genesis 32:30 - I have Exodus 23:20 - Angel Exodus 32:1 - which shall Exodus 32:34 - mine Angel Exodus 34:9 - let my Lord Leviticus 22:3 - from my Numbers 9:17 - and in the Numbers 10:33 - went before Numbers 23:21 - the Lord Deuteronomy 31:8 - he it is that Judges 2:1 - And an angel Judges 6:13 - if the Lord 2 Samuel 7:6 - walked 1 Chronicles 17:6 - walked Psalms 90:1 - the man

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
Then Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir in Edom. He instructed them: "Tell my master Esau this, ‘A message from your servant Jacob: I've been staying with Laban and couldn't get away until now. I've acquired cattle and donkeys and sheep; also men and women servants. I'm telling you all this, my master, hoping for your approval.'"
Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned around and went back into the wilderness following the route to the Red Sea, as God had instructed me. We worked our way in and around the hills of Seir for a long, long time.
Judges 5:4
God , when you left Seir, marched across the fields of Edom, Earth quaked, yes, the skies poured rain, oh, the clouds made rivers. Mountains leapt before God , the Sinai God, before God , the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:10
"And now it's happened: men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir have shown up. You didn't let Israel touch them when we got here at first—we detoured around them and didn't lay a hand on them. And now they've come to kick us out of the country you gave us. O dear God, won't you take care of them? We're helpless before this vandal horde ready to attack us. We don't know what to do; we're looking to you."
Ezekiel 25:8
" God , the Master, says: Because Moab said, ‘Look, Judah's nothing special,' I'll lay wide open the flank of Moab by exposing its lovely frontier villages to attack: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. I'll lump Moab in with Ammon and give them to the people of the east for the taking. Ammon won't be heard from again. I'll punish Moab severely. And they'll realize that I am God ."
Mark 4:33
With many stories like these, he presented his message to them, fitting the stories to their experience and maturity. He was never without a story when he spoke. When he was alone with his disciples, he went over everything, sorting out the tangles, untying the knots.
Romans 15:1
Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status. Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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

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.

y פני ילכו "facies meae ibunt", Montanus, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rest - This was the common expression for the possession of the promised land. Deuteronomy 3:20; Joshua 1:13, Joshua 1:15; compare Hebrews 4:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 33:14. My presence shall go with thee — פני ילכו panai yelechu, my faces shall go. I shall give thee manifestations of my grace and goodness through the whole of thy journey. I shall vary my appearances for thee, as thy necessities shall require.


 
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