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and he called out his own name, Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/34.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh descended in the cloud and stood there with him, and He called upon the name of Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with Moses as he proclaimed the Name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name Yahweh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD God came down in a cloud and stood beside Moses there on the mountain. God spoke his holy name, "the LORD." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him and called out his name "the LORD."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and pronounced his holy name, the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH comes down in a cloud, and stations Himself with him there, and calls in the Name of YHWH,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will come down in a cloud, and he will stand with him there, and will call upon the name of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when the Lord was come down in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when the Lord had descended in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD came down in a cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name, “LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name, “The LORD.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and announced the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he hewed two tablets of stone like the former and Moshe arose at dawn and came up to the mountain of Sinai just as LORD JEHOVAH commanded him and he took the two tablets of stone in his hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood near him there, and called by the name of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/34-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8840" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">The Tablets are Replaced</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: way·yê·reḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">descended</a> <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: be·‘ā·nān (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">in a cloud,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3320.htm" title="3320: way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To set or station oneself, take one's stand. A primitive root; to place; reflexively, to station, offer, continue.">stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and proclaimed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: ḇə·šêm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">His name,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18-23</a></span><br />Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.” / “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” / But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6-8</a></span><br />He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. / But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. / I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-4.htm">Deuteronomy 5:4</a></span><br />The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-10.htm">Deuteronomy 34:10</a></span><br />Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-13</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice. / When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-7.htm">Psalm 103:7</a></span><br />He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1-5</a></span><br />In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. / Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. / And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-26.htm">Ezekiel 1:26-28</a></span><br />Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man. / From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him. / The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/10-5.htm">Daniel 10:5-9</a></span><br />I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. / His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude. / Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-1.htm">Matthew 17:1-5</a></span><br />After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. / There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. / Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a></span><br />The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-9.htm">John 14:9</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Acts 7:30-32</a></span><br />After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. / When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him: / ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-18</a></span><br />Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a></span><br />For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">descended</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a></b></br> And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/33-9.htm">Exodus 33:9</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood <i>at</i> the door of the tabernacle, and <i>the LORD</i> talked with Moses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Numbers 11:17,25</a></b></br> And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which <i>is</i> upon thee, and will put <i>it</i> upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear <i>it</i> not thyself alone… </p><p class="hdg">the name</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Exodus 33:19</a></b></br> And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-17.htm">Numbers 14:17</a></b></br> And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-3.htm">Deuteronomy 32:3</a></b></br> Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/33-10.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/exodus/33-9.htm">Descended</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Proclaimed</a> <a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Side</a> <a href="/exodus/2-4.htm">Stationeth</a> <a href="/exodus/34-2.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/exodus/33-10.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/40-34.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Descended</a> <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Proclaimed</a> <a href="/exodus/36-11.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-10.htm">Stationeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-5.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 34</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">The tablets are replaced</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">The name of the Lord proclaimed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Moses entreats God to go with them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-10.htm">God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The cloud is a recurring symbol of God's presence and glory, as seen in the pillar of cloud that guided the Israelites in the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a>). It represents God's holiness and mystery, often concealing His full glory from human eyes. The descent of the LORD in a cloud also echoes the theophany at Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Exodus 19:9</a>), where God revealed Himself to Moses and the Israelites. This imagery is further connected to the New Testament, where a cloud envelops Jesus during the Transfiguration (<a href="/matthew/17-5.htm">Matthew 17:5</a>), symbolizing divine approval and presence.<p><b>stood with him there</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the personal and intimate nature of God's relationship with Moses. Unlike other instances where God speaks from a distance, here He stands with Moses, indicating a special level of communion and favor. This moment is a continuation of the unique relationship Moses has with God, as described in <a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a>, where it is said that the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. The standing posture also suggests readiness and authority, as God prepares to reveal His character and covenant to Moses.<p><b>and proclaimed His name, the LORD</b><br>Proclaiming His name signifies a revelation of God's character and essence. In Hebrew culture, a name is deeply connected to one's identity and attributes. The name "the LORD" (YHWH) is the covenant name of God, first revealed to Moses at the burning bush (<a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14</a>). It conveys God's eternal, self-existent nature and His faithfulness to His promises. This proclamation is a profound moment where God declares His attributes, such as mercy, grace, and justice, which are further detailed in the following verses (<a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>). This revelation is foundational for understanding God's nature and is echoed throughout Scripture, including in the Psalms and the prophets, where God's name is synonymous with His power and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and faithfulness. In this passage, God reveals His character and nature to Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egypt and to receive the Law. Moses is on Mount Sinai during this encounter.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The mountain where Moses meets with God and receives the Ten Commandments. It is a place of divine revelation and covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cloud.htm">The Cloud</a></b><br>A manifestation of God's presence. In the Hebrew context, the cloud often symbolizes God's glory and His guidance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/proclamation_of_god's_name.htm">Proclamation of God's Name</a></b><br>This event is significant as God reveals His name and attributes, emphasizing His mercy, grace, and justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_and_revelation.htm">God's Presence and Revelation</a></b><br>God desires to reveal Himself to His people. Just as He descended in a cloud to meet Moses, He seeks to make His presence known in our lives through His Word and Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_name.htm">The Importance of God's Name</a></b><br>Understanding the significance of God's name helps us grasp His character. His name, Yahweh, encompasses His eternal nature, faithfulness, and covenant love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_attributes.htm">God's Attributes</a></b><br>Reflect on the attributes of God proclaimed in this passage—His mercy, grace, patience, love, and justice. These attributes should shape our understanding of who God is and how we relate to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/response_to_god's_revelation.htm">Response to God's Revelation</a></b><br>Like Moses, we are called to respond to God's revelation with worship, obedience, and a desire to know Him more deeply.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_god's_character.htm">Living in Light of God's Character</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to reflect God's character in our lives. This includes showing mercy, grace, and love to others, as God has shown to us.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>MOSES ALLOWED TO SEE GOD'S GLORY.</span><p>(5-8) The present ascent of Moses to the top of Sinai had two objects:--(1) The repair of the loss occasioned by his breaking the first tables; and (2) the accomplishment of the promise made to him that (under certain restrictions) he should "see God's glory." Combined with this promise were two minor ones--that God would make His "goodness" pass before him, and that He would reveal to him afresh His name. The revelation of the name is recorded in <a href="/context/exodus/34-6.htm" title="And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, the manifestation of the glory in <a href="/exodus/34-5.htm" title="And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.">Exodus 34:5</a>. How Moses was enabled to see God's goodness pass before him is not stated. (Comp. Note on <a href="/exodus/33-19.htm" title="And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.">Exodus 33:19</a>.)<p>(5) <span class= "bld">The Lord descended in the cloud.</span>--When Moses ceased to commune with God, the cloud removed from the door of the "Tent of Meeting," and, as it would seem, disappeared. On Moses reaching the summit of Sinai it once more became visible, "descended" on the spot where Moses was, and "stood with him there."<p><span class= "bld">And proclaimed the name of the Lord.</span>--Comp. <a href="/exodus/33-19.htm" title="And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.">Exodus 33:19</a>; and for the terms of the proclamation see <a href="/context/exodus/34-6.htm" title="And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,">Exodus 34:6-7</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 5-8.</span> - THE FULFILMENT BY GOD OF HIS PROMISE TO MOSES. This section coheres closely with the last section of the preceding chapter, and must be regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfilled the promises there made by him to Moses (<a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Exodus 33:19-23</a>). The promises were mainly two - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> That he would proclaim his name to him afresh; and <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> That he would pass by him, and let him see, after he had passed, what man might see of his glory. The fulfilment of the first promise appears in the long enumeration of attributes contained in vers. 6, 7; the fulfilment of the second is expressed with extreme brevity in the words - ,' And the Lord passed by before him" (ver. 6). Probably no further description could be given of that marvellous manifestation beyond those words in which it was promised (<a href="/exodus/33-21.htm">Exodus 33:21-23</a>). Its effects were seen in that permanent reflection of God's glory on the face of Moses, which thenceforth compelled him to wear a veil mostly when he showed himself to the people (vers. 33-35). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The</span> <span class="cmt_word">Lord descended in the cloud</span>. The cloudy pillar, which had stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting (<a href="/exodus/33-10.htm">Exodus 33:10</a>), was withdrawn while Moses ascended Sinai, and probably disappeared from men's sight. When Moses reached the top, it <span class="cmt_word">descended</span> once more from the sky, <span class="cmt_word">and stood with him</span> <span class="cmt_word">there.</span> Then a voice from the cloud <span class="cmt_word">proclaimed the</span> <span class="cmt_word">name of the Lord</span> in the manner more fully stated in the ensuing verses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/34-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">descended</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֤רֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·reḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a cloud,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(be·‘ā·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stood</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3320.htm">Strong's 3320: </a> </span><span class="str2">To set or station oneself, take one's stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him there,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and proclaimed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרָ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His name,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְשֵׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">OT Law: Exodus 34:5 Yahweh descended in the cloud and stood (Exo. 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