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Exodus 33:14

And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:14
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Study notes

The Lord promises Moses that His presence will go with him and He will give him rest.

Explanation

After Israel's sin with the golden calf (Exodus 32), God said He would not go with them (33:3). Moses pleads for God's presence. God answers with this promise.

Original language
  • פָּנַ֥י (pa.Nai): face
    Hebrew · Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · Strong's H6440H · text: Leningrad Codex (as recorded in TAHOT)

    Presence, literally "face".

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAHOT: Translators Amalgamated Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Exodus 33:14, word 2

  • וַהֲנִחֹ֥תִי (va.ha.ni.Cho.ti): to rest
    Hebrew · Conjunction + Verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular · Strong's H5117 · text: Leningrad Codex (as recorded in TAHOT)

    I will give rest.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAHOT: Translators Amalgamated Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Exodus 33:14, word 4

Cross-references
  • Exodus 33:15 · Surrounding passage

    If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.

  • Matthew 11:28 · Same theme

    I will give you rest.

  • Hebrews 4:9-10 · Same theme

    A Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר פָּנַ֥י יֵלֵ֖כוּ וַהֲנִחֹ֥תִי לָֽךְ׃

  1. וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Mar“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  2. פָּנַ֥יpa.Nai“presence my”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from פָּנֶה · “face” · Strong's H6440H
  3. יֵלֵ֖כוּye.Le.khu“they will go”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from הָלַךְ · “went” · Strong's H1980G
  4. וַהֲנִחֹ֥תִיva.ha.ni.Cho.ti“and I will give rest”
    Conjunction + Verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from נוּחַ · “to rest” · Strong's H5117
  5. לָֽךְ׃Lakh“to <the> you”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from Os2m · “you” · Strong's H9031
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  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)