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NASB | Exodus 24:9 ¶ Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 24:9 ¶ Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up [the mountainside], |
Bible Question:
Ex 33:20 quotes God saying "Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live." Yet I find a number of verses that seem to be saying that His face has been seen. Gen 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Gen 33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. Exd 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. I know that Scripture doesn't contradict itself. I'm rather hesitant about asking questions such as these because everyone on the forum seems to surpass me far and away with their knowledge of the Word, but I'd really like this explained. I would ask you to forgive me of my ignorance on this subject. I know there's a logical answer, I just can't seem to figure out what it is! I also have a second question. Sometimes it seems that the words Angel and the Lord are inter-changeable. For instance in Ex. 3:2 when Moses is before the burning bush it says "And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed". I know that in Gal. 3:19 it states that the law was given through the mediation of angels and I don't fully understand that because I know it was God who spoke with Moses from the burning bush. Also, Gen. 18:1-22 has me confused as it seems to relate a visit from three men (angels) but the text seems to switch back and forth from the Lord speaking to Abram while the actual visitors seems to be the angels. Who was Abram entertaining in his tent that day? Thank you very much for your consideration of these questions. I read the forum daily for new questions and have learned much by reviewing prior threads. God bless any and all who responds to these questions. |
Bible Answer: Dear budderfligh, A warm welcom to you to the forum. I am so much excited to see your testimony of how our gracious Lord and the Holy Spirit work on you. May your ministry be blessed for His glory and through you God passes His blessings onto the youth who are under your care. In response to your second question, I did some search (thanks for your good questions, they trigger me to work harder. The only ignorance is not asking.) Below are what I have got thus far and I hope they are helpful to answer your questions. Exodus 3:2 "And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him,.... Not a created angel, but the Angel of God's presence and covenant, the eternal Word and Son of God; since he is afterwards expressly called Jehovah, and calls himself the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which a created angel would never do: the appearance was…" (John Gill) "…To his great surprise he saw a bush burning, when he perceived no fire either from earth or heaven to kindle it, and, which was more strange, it did not consume, v. 2. It was an angel of the Lord that appeared to him; some think, a created angel, who speaks in the language of him that sent him; others, the second person, the angel of the covenant, who is himself Jehovah. It was an extraordinary manifestation of the divine presence and glory; what was visible was produced by the ministry of an angel, but he heard God in it speaking to him." (Matthew Henry) ***** Gal 3:19 "by angels--as the instrumental enactors of the law [ALFORD] God delegated the law to angels as something rather alien to Him and severe (Ac 7:53; Heb 2:2, 3; compare De 33:2, "He came with ten thousands of saints," that is, angels, Ps 68:17). He reserved "the promise" to Himself and dispensed it according to His own goodness. in the hand of a mediator--namely, Moses. De 5:5, "I stood between the Lord and you": the very definition of a mediator. Hence the phrase often recurs, "By the hand of Moses." In the giving of the law, the "angels" were representatives of God; Moses, as mediator, represented the people." (Jamieson, Faussett and Brown) "and it was ordained by angels; not Moses and Aaron, and Joshua, as some say; for though Moses was concerned in the giving of the law, yet not Aaron nor Joshua, nor are any of them ever called angels; but the holy elect angels are here meant, the ten thousands of saints, or holy ones, God came to Mount Sinai with, and the Lord was among, in the holy place; see Deuteronomy 33:2 and so the Jews say that the Lord appeared on Mount Sinai gloriously, aykalmd hytyk Me, "with companies," or "troops of angels," to give the law to his people: and this may be said to be "ordained" by them, inasmuch as it might be written and spoken by them, as the instruments and ministers God made use of; for though the tables are said to be the work of God, and the writing the writing of God, and to be written with the finger of God, and he is said to speak all the words of it, yet this hinders not, but that all this might be done by the means of angels; who might be employed in disposing and fitting the stones in the form they were, and in writing the law upon them; hence it is said to be given by the disposition of angels, Acts 7:53 and certain it is, that it was spoken by them, Hebrews 2:2 they forming in the air those articulate and audible sounds, when the law was delivered…" (John Gill) Those are just my 2 cents. Other more knowledgable and capable on the forum will be happy to help. Shalom Azure |