Exodus 33:3 (WEB)
Go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”
Catechism · 1
From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own.
Fathers and councils · 3
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Wherefore also He says to Moses in Exodus: “I will send forth My angel before thee; for I will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiff-necked people.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 2, 3.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And who was he that spake, but the angel who was given to the people, as he says in the law of Moses: “I will not go with you, because the people is stiff-necked; but my angel shall go before along with you?”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxii. 4; xxxiii. 3.
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Jerome
“Enter the land of promise that flows with milk and honey.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 3.
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