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A Stricter Solitude
Commentators highlight that this command for Moses to be completely alone was new and stricter than his first ascent. Previously, Aaron, Joshua, and the elders were allowed partway up the mountain. This increased stringency emphasizes the seriousness of re-establishing the covenant after the golden calf incident and prepares for the unique revelation of God's glory to Moses.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 34:1–4
19th Century
Bishop
Before the covenant could be formally reestablished, before Israel could be replaced in the position forfeited by the idolatry of the golden calf, …
John Calvin
On Exodus 34:3
16th Century
Theologian
And no man shall come up with you. Again, men as well as beasts are prohibited from access to the mount, as had been the case at the first…
John Gill
On Exodus 34:3
17th Century
Pastor
And no man shall come up with you
Before, Aaron and his two sons, and the seventy elders of Israel, went up with Mos…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 34:1–4
17th Century
Minister
When God made man in his own image, the moral law was written in his heart, by the finger of God, without outward means. But since the covenant the…