Exodus 34:9 (WEB)
He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go among us, even though this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
Catechism · 1
“Then the LORD passes before Moses and proclaims, "YHWH, YHWH, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness"; Moses then confesses that the LORD is a forgiving God.” — Catechism footnote: Ex 34:5-6; cf. 34:9
Fathers and councils · 4
Gregory of Nyssa
“…follows, comes the supplication to God on the part of His servant, running on this wise, “If I have found grace in Thy sight, let my Lord go among us,” and again, “If Thou Thyself go not with us, carry me not up hence”; and then the answer of God to Moses, “I will do for thee this thing also that thou hast…” — editor's note: Cf. Exod. xxxiv. 9 (LXX.).
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Then in what follows, Moses bowed his head and worshipped before the Lord who proclaimed the Father, and said: Go Thou then, O Lord, in the midst of us.” — editor's note: Ib. xxxiv. 9.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Moses says: “This people is stiff-necked,” and the Lord says that the priest and the Levite passed by, and neither of them poured oil or wine into the wounds of him who had been wounded by robbers; for they had nothing to pour in, since if they had had oil they would have poured it into their own wounds.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxiv. 9.
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Tertullian
“…though fatter than he, could not constantly contemplate even Moses himself, fed as he had been upon God, nor his leanness, sated as it had been with His glory!” — editor's note: See Ex. xxxiii. 18, 19, with xxxiv. 4–9, 29–35.
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Parallel passages
Exodus 34:9 and Judges 6:17 share the same wording (9 words).
Genesis 18:3 and Exodus 34:9 share the same wording (9 words).
Genesis 47:29 and Exodus 34:9 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in Catechism §210.
Cited together in Catechism §210.