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Exodus 33:16

Identity and self-worthGod's presence

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

15 “If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.

For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

17 So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”

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BSB
For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
KJV
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
WEB
For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”
ASV
For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
DARBY
And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes I and thy people? [Is it] not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on the face of the earth.
BLB
And by what will it be known then that I have found favor in Your eyes, I and Your people? Is [it] not by Your going with us, and we will be distinguished—I and Your people—from all the people who [are] upon the face of the earth?”
ÅB
Hvorav kan jeg da vite at jeg har funnet nåde for dine øyne, jeg og ditt folk, medmindre du går med oss, så jeg og ditt folk blir æret fremfor alle folkeslag på jorden?
OTB
Hvordan skal det ellers bli kjent at jeg har funnet nåde for dine øyne, jeg og ditt folk, hvis ikke du følger med oss? Hva annet vil skille meg og ditt folk fra alle andre folk på jorden?»
B1930
Hvorav kan jeg da vite at jeg har funnet nåde for dine øine, jeg og ditt folk, medmindre du går med oss, så jeg og ditt folk blir æret fremfor alle folkeslag på jorden?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 4:7

    For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

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  • Numbers 14:14

    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

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  • 1 Kings 8:53

    For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

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  • Matthew 1:23

    “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).

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  • Exodus 34:10

    And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.

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  • Exodus 8:22

    But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

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  • Exodus 19:5–6

    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

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