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Bible study · Exodus 33:1-23

Exodus 33: Show me your glory

Read Exodus 33:1-23 before you meet.

In a few lines

In Hebrew, "presence" in "My presence will go with you" (33:14) is the word for face, the same word as in "You cannot see my face" (33:20). Moses asked, "Please show me your glory" (33:18). John writes of Jesus, "We saw his glory" (John 1:14), and "The only born Son… has declared him" (John 1:18).

The verse to carry

“He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.””

Exodus 33:14

To talk about

  1. 1. The land, an angel and victory were all still promised, but the LORD would not go up among them (33:1-3), and Moses said, "If your presence doesn’t go with me, don’t carry us up from here" (33:15). What good thing might you be tempted to take without God in it?

  2. 2. The LORD spoke to Moses "as a man speaks to his friend" (33:11), and Moses prayed, "please show me your way, now, that I may know you" (33:13). What does knowing God as a friend look like on an ordinary day for you?

  3. 3. "Everyone who sought the LORD went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp" (33:7). What would going out to seek the LORD look like in your week?

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