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35 And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf,
which Aaron made.
Exodus-33
The Lord’s Presence Promised
1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and
the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt,
He bids them depart and go up hence to the land of Canaan, Ex 33:1. This mount Sinai, where they now were, was the place appointed for the setting up of God's tabernacle and solemn worship among them; this was not yet done, so that in bidding them depart hence God intimates that it should not be done--"Let them go forward as they are;" and so it was very expressive of God's displeasure.
He turns them over to Moses, as the people whom he had brought up out of the land of Egypt, and leaves it to him to lead them to Canaan.
unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, unto thy seed will I give it:
2 and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Though he promises to make good his covenant with Abraham, in giving them Canaan, yet he denies them the extraordinary tokens of his presence, such as they had hitherto been blessed with, and leaves them under the common conduct of Moses their prince, and the common convoy of a guardian angel: "I will send an angel before thee, for thy protector, otherwise the evil angels would soon destroy thee; but I will not go up in the midst of thee, lest I consume thee" (Ex 33:2,3); not as if an angel would be more patient and compassionate than God, but their affronts given