9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. …
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-9)No sooner had Moses got to the top of the mount than God gave him the meeting (Exod. 34:5): The Lord descended , by some sensible token of his presence, and manifestation of his glory. His descending bespeaks his condescension; he humbles himself to take cognizance of those that humble themselves to walk with him. Ps. 113:6; Lord, what is man, that he should be thus visited ? He descended in the c…
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