Exodus 32 · Verse 34

Exodus 32:34

Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
Exodus 32:34, King James Version

Exodus 32:34 in other translations

BSBNow go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
WEBNow go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
ASVAnd now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.
YLTand now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging--then I have charged upon them their sin.'
DARBYAnd now go, lead the people whither I have told thee: behold, my Angel shall go before thee; but in the day of my visiting I will visit their sin upon them.
BBEBut now, go, take the people into that place of which I have given you word; see, my angel will go before you: but when the time of my judging has come, I will send punishment on them for their sin.
WebsterTherefore now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to thee: Behold, my angel shall go before thee: Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.

What does Exodus 32:34 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Lead the people unto the place - The word place is not in the text, and is with great propriety omitted. For Moses never led this people into that place, they all died in the wilderness except Joshua and Caleb; but Moses led them towards the place, and thus the particle אל el here should be understood, unless we suppose that God designed to lead them to the borders of the land, but not to take them into it. I will visit their sin - I will not destroy them, but they shall not enter into the promised land. They shall wander in the wilderness till the present generation become extinct.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 32:30-35

Moses calls it a great sin. The work of ministers is to show people the greatness of their sins. The great evil of sin appears in the price of pardon. Moses pleads with God for mercy; he came not to make excuses, but to make atonement. We are not to suppose that Moses means that he would be willing to perish for ever, for the people's sake. We are to love our neighbour as ourselves, and not more than ourselves. But…

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Exodus 32:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּ֞הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
לֵ֣ךְ\׀lekhgoH1980
נְחֵ֣הne.ChehleadH5148
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֗םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֶ֤ל'eltoH413
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙di.Bar.tiI have spokenH1696
לָ֔ךְLakhto <the> you
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!H2009
מַלְאָכִ֖יmal.'a.Khiangel myH4397
יֵלֵ֣ךְye.Lekhhe will goH1980
לְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
וּבְי֣וֹםu.ve.Yomand on [the] dayH3117
פָּקְדִ֔יpa.ke.Divisit IH6485
וּפָקַדְתִּ֥יu.fa.kad.Tiand I will visitH6485
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
חַטָּאתָֽם\׃cha.ta.Tamsin theirH2403

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Cross references for Exodus 32:34

  • Exodus 23:20

    Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  • Exodus 33:14-15

    And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

  • Exodus 3:17

    And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Matthew 23:35

    That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

  • Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

  • Exodus 20:5

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  • Amos 3:14

    That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth–el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

  • Numbers 14:27-30

    How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Numbers 20:16

    And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

  • Romans 2:4-6

    Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

  • Jeremiah 5:9

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mine Angel.
23:20; 33:2,14,15; Nu 20:16; Isa 63:9
the day.
20:5; Nu 14:27-30; De 32:35; Jer 5:9,29; Am 3:14; Mt 23:35
Ro 2:4-6

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Context

  • Exodus 32:33

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

  • Exodus 32:34

    Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

  • Exodus 32:35

    And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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Exodus 32:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ve pues ahora, lleva á este pueblo donde te he dicho: he aquí mi ángel irá delante de ti; que en el día de mi visitación yo visitaré en ellos su pecado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et maintenant, va, conduis le peuple où je t’ai dit. Voici, mon Ange ira devant toi: et le jour où je visiterai, je visiterai sur eux leur péché.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nun gehe hin, führe das Volk, wohin ich dir gesagt habe. Siehe, mein Engel wird vor dir herziehen; und am Tage meiner Heimsuchung, da werde ich ihre Sünde an ihnen heimsuchen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
tu autem vade, et duc populum istum quo locutus sum tibi: angelus meus præcedet te. Ego autem in die ultionis visitabo et hoc peccatum eorum.