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ויאמר פני ילכו והנחתי לך׃
Exploring the Meaning of Exodus 33
Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff
Arcana Coelestia 10523. In this chapter in the internal sense the subject of the Israelitish nation is further continued; but here its quality in respect to worship, thus its quality in respect to those things which are of the church.
From (verses 1 to 6) there is contained: That although they could be in representatives, which are the external things of worship and of the church, still there was not with them anything Divine, because not anything internal.
From (verses 7 to 17): That in the worship itself, regarded in itself, thus separate from them, there could be what is Divine.
From (verses 18 to 23): That nevertheless this was not seen nor perceived by them.
Exodus 33:1-6
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your seed.'
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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 Jebusite:
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to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the way."
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When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.
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Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.'"
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The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
