The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The LORD descends in the cloud and stands with Moses and proclaims the name of the LORD. What follows is the most quoted passage in the OT, cited or alluded to in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 111:4, Psalm 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Nahum 1:3. When the OT wants to say what God is like, it quotes Exodus 34:6-7.
YHWH YHWH: the covenant name repeated, establishing that the full divine character is present both before and after judgment. El, the power word. Rachum: the womb-compassion, the mother-for-child compassion that is involuntary and deep. Channun, grace given without obligation. Erekh appayim: long-nosed, slow to flare, constitutionally patient. Rav chesed, abundant in covenant love. Ve-emet, in faithfulness and truth.
Keeping covenant love for thousands, the generational reach of the chesed. Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin: three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the forgiving God. And then the thirteenth attribute: and will by no means clear the guilty, ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh. The double form of the verb: clearing, he will not clear. The moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed. Mercy cannot simply ignore it. This is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12. The God who forgives sins does not simply look away: he absorbs them.
Thread 1 is the character that drives the reaching: a God who is rachum and channun and erekh appayim and rav chesed will reach. These attributes are not a theological abstraction. They are the interior of the one who descended in the cloud and stood with Moses and proclaimed his own name. Thread 7 is in the scope: these attributes are not declared over the elect only. They are God's self-declaration, what he is like, and what he is like is what flows out toward all humanity in the open invitation.
The LORD, the LORD, the thirteen attributes of Exodus 34:6-7 are God's own most compressed self-revelation; the most quoted passage in the OT, the foundational character portrait from which Thread 1 draws its entire argument.
יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (YHWH YHWH El rachum ve-channun erekh appayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet): the LORD the LORD God merciful and gracious longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth: the first six of the thirteen attributes: YHWH (covenant name), YHWH (repeated, present before and after judgment), El (power), rachum (compassionate, from rechem, womb; the compassion that a mother has for the child she carried), channun (gracious, favor given without obligation), erekh appayim (slow to anger, literally long-nosed, slow to flare), rav chesed (great in covenant love, the fullness of covenant faithfulness), emet (truth, faithfulness, reliability, the covenant partner who keeps his word) · נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה (notser chesed la-alafim nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh): keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty: notser chesed la-alafim (keeping, guarding chesed for thousands, the reach of the covenant love extends to thousands of generations); nose avon va-fesha ve-chata'ah (lifting/bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, three words for the full range of moral failure, all of them borne by the one who forgives); ve-nakkeh lo yenakkeh (and will by no means clear the guilty, the thirteenth attribute; the moral structure of the universe requires that guilt be addressed; this is why the cross is necessary: to satisfy attribute 13 while expressing attributes 1-12)
threads t1 · t7 · see Psalm 103:8 · Joel 2:13 · Jonah 4:2
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3
The covenant is renewed. The broken tablets of chapter 32 are replaced. Moses cuts two new tablets; God writes the Ten Words again. The forty days repeat. Moses descends and does not know that his face shines: qaran or panav, rays of light emanating from his skin. The shining is not Moses's own achievement. It is the residual marking of having been in the presence of the Thirteen Attributes. The glory that passed before him has left its signature.
The people are afraid to come near him. He puts a veil over his face when speaking to the people and removes it when he goes before the LORD. Paul will interpret this veil in 2 Corinthians 3:13. Moses veiled his face so the Israelites could not see the fading of what was passing away. The shining of Moses's face was real but temporary. The glory of the new covenant does not fade.
Exodus closes with chapters 35-40: the building of the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown on the mountain. Every specification given in chapters 25-31 is executed in chapters 35-40. And at the end: the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the Tabernacle. Moses cannot enter because the cloud has settled on it and the glory has filled it. Thread 6 arrives at its first great fulfilment: Exodus 25:8 promised God would shakan among them. Exodus 40:34-35 shows it happening. The Tabernacle is complete. The presence has moved in.
The covenant is renewed: the broken tablets replaced, the commandments rewritten, the covenant re-established, and Moses descends with his face shining without knowing it; the glory that has been in his presence has marked him.
וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו (u-Moshe lo yada ki qaran or panav): Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone: qaran (to send out rays, to shine, Qal perfect; qaran is from qeren, horn/ray; the face sent out rays of light; Moses did not know because the shining was not self-generated but the residual mark of having been in the divine presence); the shining was reflexive, given from outside, remaining after the encounter
threads t2 · t5 · see Exodus 40:34-35 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · Revelation 21:3