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Bible study · Exodus 34

Exodus 34: The LORD proclaims his name

Read Exodus 34 before you meet.

In a few lines

When the LORD proclaimed his own name, the first words after "The LORD! The LORD" were "a merciful and gracious God" (34:6), and that description of himself is said back to him again and again, from Numbers 14:18 to Jonah 4:2. Moses came down with a shining face he didn't know about (34:29), and Paul says the veil passes away in Christ (2 Corinthians 3:14).

The verse to carry

“The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The LORD! The LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,”

Exodus 34:6

To talk about

  1. 1. Moses asked the LORD to go with them "even though this is a stiff-necked people" (34:9), the very reason the LORD had given for not going (33:3). When have you asked God for something while knowing you didn't deserve it?

  2. 2. The LORD describes himself as "merciful and gracious", "slow to anger", and one "who will by no means clear the guilty" (34:6-7). Which of these words is hardest for you to believe about God right now, and why?

  3. 3. Moses' face shone from speaking with the LORD (34:29). Paul writes that we "are transformed into the same image from glory to glory" (2 Corinthians 3:18). Who have you seen changed by time spent with God? What did you notice?

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