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For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn`t it in that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?"

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God's Presence is the Mark

Moses argues that the one thing that proves God's favor and separates Israel from all other nations is God's personal presence. Commentators explain this presence was not just a feeling but a visible, tangible reality (like the pillar of cloud and fire). This divine companionship was the ultimate mark of their identity and what made them truly unique in all the earth.

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Exodus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Exodus 33:16

18th Century

Theologian

Thou goest with us - It was this which alone distinguished (rather than “separated”) them from other nations, and which alone would…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 33:12–17

19th Century

Bishop

MOSES OBTAINS A RENEWAL OF GOD’S PROMISE TO GO UP WITH THE PEOPLE.

The self-humiliation of the people ([Reference Exodus 33:…

John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 33:16

17th Century

Pastor

For in which shall it be known here
At Sinai, among the mountains in the wilderness:

that I and y…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 33:12–23

17th Century

Minister

Moses is very earnest with God. Thus, by the intercession of Christ, we are not only saved from ruin but also become entitled to everlasting happin…