Contents (not
sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture): Where? Desert, Sinai Who?
The Lord, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Israel
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33:7-10
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M pitch tent outside camp – “tent of meeting” – anyone
inquiring of Lord go tent; when M went, all stood at their tent entrances
watching M; M went in, pillar of cloud come down, stay at entrance while L
spoke M; when people saw pillar of cloud, they worshiped.
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2
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33:11-13
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L speak to M face to face as friend then M return to camp
but Joshua not leave tent; MtoL you telling me “lead people” but you not let
me know who you send w/me, you said “I know you and you found favor w/me”; if
you pleased, teach me your ways so I know you, continue to find favor w/you,
this nation your people.
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3
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33:14-16
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L: My presence go w/you, I give you rest; M: if your
presence not go, do not send us; how anyone know you pleased w/me and people
unless you go w/us, what else distinguish me and people from all other
people?
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4
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33:17-23
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LtoM:I do thing you asked bec I pleased & know you by
name; M: show me your glory; L: I will cause all my goodness to pass in front
of you, I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence, I have mercy on
whom I have mercy, compassion on whom I have comp; but you cannot see face,
no one may see and live; there is place near me where you may stand; when
glory passes, I put you in cleft in rock and cover you w/my hand until I
passed by; then I remove hand and you see my back but face must not be seen.
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5
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34:1-4
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LtoM: chisel 2 stone tablets and I write words on first
tablets you broke; be ready AM, come up Sinai present yourself on top of mt;
M chiseled tablets like 1st ones, went up Sinai early AM as L cmd,
he carried tablets.
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6
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34:5-7
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L came down in cloud, proclaimed his name, the Lord; he
passed in front of M: the Lord, the Lord, compassionate & gracious, slow
to anger, abounding in love/faithfulness; maintaining love to thousands,
forgiving wickedness/rebellion/sin, does not leave guilty unpunished,
punishes children for sin of parents to 3rd & 4th
gen.
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34:8-14
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M bowed at once & worshiped: L, if I found favor in
your eyes, let L go w/us, although this is stiff-necked people, forgive our
wickedness/sin, take us as inheritance; L: I making covenant w/you, before
your people I do wonders never before done, people will see how awesome is
work I do; obey, I drive out “ites”; be careful not make treaty w/those who
live in land or they be snare; break down altars, smash sacred stones, cut
asherah poles; do not worship any other god for L, whose name is Jealous, is
jealous God.
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34:15-17
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“Be careful not make treaty, when they prostitute selves/sacrifice,
they invite you & you eat sacrifices; when you choose their dtrs as wives
for your sons & those dtrs prostitute themselves, they lead your sons do
same; do not make idols.
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34:18-19
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“Celebrate Festival of Unl Bread – 7 days eat bread w/o
yeast, do at appt time in mo of Aviv for in that mo you came out of E; 1st
offspring of every womb belongs to me, incl all firstborn males of livestock.
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10
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34:20-22
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“redeem firstborn donkey w/lamb, if you do not redeem,
break neck, redeem all firstborn sons, no one appear before me empty handed;
6 days labor, 7th day rest even during plowing and harvest;
celebrate Festival of Weeks w/firstfruits of wheat harvest and Festival of
Ingathering at turn of year.
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34:23-24
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“3x/yr men appear before Sovereign L, GofIs; I drive out
nations before you, enlarge your territory, no one covet your land when you
go up 3x/yr to appear before L.
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12
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34:25-27
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“Do not offer blood of sacrifice w/anything containing
yeast, do not let any of Passover sacrifice remain until AM; bring best of
firstfruits of soil to L, do not cook young goat in its mother’s milk; write
these words, for in accordance w/these words I made covenant w/you and Is.
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13
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34:28-33
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M w/L 40 days/nights w/o eating bread/drinking water, he
wrote on tablets words of covenant - Ten Commandments; when M came down
w/tablets he not aware his face was radiant bec he’d spoken w/L; when A &
Is saw M, his face was radiant & they afraid to come near; but M called
them, so A & leaders came & he spoke to them; after, all Is came
near, he gave cmds; when M finished, he put veil over face.
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14
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34:34-35
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Whenever he entered L’s presence, he rem veil until he
came out and when he came out and told Is what he’d been commanded; they saw
his face radiant, then M put veil on until he went to speak w/L.
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Divisions (run-on
sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture):
1
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33:7-23
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Moses meets with the Lord in the Tent of Meeting
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Principle:
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Meeting with the Lord regularly is crucial for the servant
of God.
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2
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34:1-27
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Moses meets with the Lord on Mount Sinai
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Principle:
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When we meet with the Lord, we get to know Him intimately.
Our meetings with the Lord should involve our reverence
and worship.
We should offer the Lord the best of what we have.
The Lord has provided us with instructions for life and we
should follow them.
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3
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34:28-35
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Moses Returns to Camp Radiant from God’s Presence
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Principle:
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The time we spend with the Lord is evident to others even
if we’re unaware.
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Subject Sentence (10-word sentence with proper structure):
Moses’ meetings with the Lord make his face radiant.
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Aim (Christian and Non-Christian):
TCMATK Time spent with God changes us in ways that people
will notice just like Moses’ countenance reflected the radiance of God’s
presence.
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Application:
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Describe your routine meeting schedule with the Lord. (If you don’t have one, what schedule are
you willing to commit to beginning today?)
What benefits have you experienced as a result of meeting
regularly with the Lord?
What ways of God has He revealed to you and how do you
know Him better as a result?
What distinguishes God’s people from other people?
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2
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Where do you meet with the Lord and what makes each
location remarkable?
What is the best that you have to offer the Lord today?
How have you responded to the instructions the Lord has
provided for your life?
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3
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In what way might the time you spend with the Lord be
evident to others?
How might what is visible to others be hidden from our own
eyes?
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