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Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
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God Doesn't Change His Mind
Commentators unanimously explain that God 'repenting' does not mean He changed His eternal mind or plan. Instead, it's 'anthropomorphic' language—describing God's actions in human terms. He changed His declared course of action, relenting from the threatened judgment in response to Moses' intercession. As Matthew Henry notes, it's a 'change in the outward manifestation of His purpose.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be revealed whether he loved his ow…
19th Century
Anglican
MOSES’ REPLY, AND GOD’S “REPENTANCE.”
Moses has three arguments:
Baptist
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. And Moses turned, and went down from the mount,
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to doto his people . ] He did not …
God says to Moses that the Israelites had corrupted themselves. Sin is the corruption of the sinner, and it is a self-corruption; every man is …
