EXODUS 33:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.”
Moses said to the Lord: you have been telling me, lead these people, but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, I know you by name and you have found favor with me. Moses presses God with His own words: you told me to lead, but you have not told me who will go with me. The argument is covenant reasoning: God has given a commission without specifying whether the commission will have the divine company it requires. The reference to you know me by name and I have found favor invokes the personal relationship that the post-calf moment has strained. Moses is pressing on the friendship that verse 11 described — the boldness of the prayer is the boldness of genuine relationship.
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