Exodus 33:14

Translations

Modern

And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Traditional

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

Literal

And He said, “My Presence will go with you and I will give rest to you.”

Latin

Dixitque Dominus: Facies mea præcedet te, et requiem dabo tibi.

Original

Hebrew

English

And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Notes

Exodus 33:14

I will give you rest: Literally a place to roost, as in a place where a bird can land and be at peace. Ever since Abraham left Ur, he and his descendants had had no such place.

Exodus 33:12–23

Moses begged God to go with him and the people to the promised land. In these verses, the word Presence usually translates a Hebrew word that literally means “face” (33:14–15).

Earlier in the chapter, we learn that the Lord spoke with Moses "face to face" (33:11). This phrase describes a close and direct relationship. It does not mean that Moses saw God’s physical face. It means that God spoke with Moses in a clear and personal way.

Moses wanted that same close relationship to continue. He did not want God to send only an angel or messenger. He wanted God’s own presence to go with them. Moses also wanted the people to share in that relationship in some way.

Theme notes and profiles

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Events

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Related verses

Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Joshua 21:44
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua 1:5
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Hebrews 4:8–9
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
Psalm 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
Joshua 22:4
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
Matthew 28:20
…and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Joshua 23:1
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
Deuteronomy 3:20
…until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”

Glossary

Book of Exodus Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Presence of God Tabernacle

Topics

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