What is the meaning of Exodus 34?

Exodus 34:6-7 is the first description of God’s attributes found in the Bible, and it’s also the most referenced passage in the Bible. Here we learn that all of God’s actions are an expression of these attributes: compassion, grace, patience, loyal love, and faithfulness.

How many tablets did Moses bring down from the mountain?

two tablets
So long as Moses knew only of the sin of the golden calf and its deification, he felt that he could bring the people back to the path of the Torah. Consequently he brought down the two tablets.

When did Moses face shone?

Moses’ first 40 days on Sinai and his second is that in the second God’s “goodness”—not his raw power or wrath—passes before Moses while he is in the cleft of the rock. This passing, in turn, causes his face to glow.

What does Exodus 34 say about forgiveness?

Having laid out sin for what it is, the Lord says he is gracious and forgiving. There is no reason for any sinner, however perverse, not to come to him; for he is willing to forgive. Again, this statement from the Lord looks to the cross where Jesus paid the debt of all sin for his people.

What is the meaning of Exodus 34 verse 14?

God made it very clear to us in Exodus 34:14 that He is a jealous God. He even went so far as to say that jealousy is such a primary attribute of His, that His name is Jealous!

What tribe was Moses from?

The Bible presents Moses as Israel’s prophet par excellence and among the most prominent members of the Israelite tribe of Levi.

Did Moses have a staff?

God asks what Moses has in his hand, and Moses answers “a staff” (“a rod” in the KJV version). The staff is miraculously transformed into a snake and then back into a staff. The staff is thereafter referred to as the “rod of God” or “staff of God” (depending on the translation).

What does face shone mean in the Bible?

Moses’ face shone because he conversed with God and received a glorious revelation. But Jesus’ face shone because of his own divinity and because of the glory of his own soul, which he momentarily allowed to flow down into his body, and to shine out through it.