Exodus 34:10

“And he said, behold, I will make a covenant, etc.] Or renew the covenant before made the people had broke; which on his part was, that he would, as Moses had entreated, forgive the sin of the people, go along with them, and introduce them into the land of Canaan, and drive out the inhabitants of it before them; and, on their part, that they should avoid idolatry, and everything that led unto it, particularly making covenants, and entering into alliances with the idolatrous nations cast out: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; both in their passage through the wilderness, and entrance into Canaan’s land, and the conquest of…”

“Marvels - Explained in the following verse. Compare 2 Samuel 7:23; Psalms 77:14. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Behold I make a covenant - When the covenant was broke, it was Israel that broke it; now it comes to be renewed, it is God that makes it. If there be quarrels, we must bear all the blame; if there be peace, God must have all the glory. Before all thy people I will do marvels - Such as the drying up of Jordan, the standing still of the sun. Marvels indeed, for they were without precedent, such as have not been done in all the earth; the people shall see, and own the work of the Lord; and they were the terror of their enemies: it is a terrible thing that I will do. Exodus 34:11”

“34:10-26 Some of the terms of the covenant are restated, particularly those that prohibit the worship of other gods and that describe the proper worship of the Lord. 34:10-11 God committed himself again to the miraculous care of his people in bringing them into the land of Canaan. That care was contingent on obedience. In Hebrew, the word translated listen (34:11) also means obey. There is no distinction as there is in English, in which a disobedient person can hear a command but not obey.”

“I make: Exo 24:7, Exo 24:8; Deu 4:13, Deu 5:2, Deu 5:3, Deu 29:12-14 I will do marvels: Deu 4:32-37, Deu 32:30; Jos 6:20, Jos 10:12, Jos 10:13; Sa2 7:23; Psa 77:14, Psa 78:12; Psa 147:20 a terrible: Deu 10:21; Psa 65:5, Psa 66:3, Psa 66:5, Psa 68:35, Psa 76:12, Psa 106:22, Psa 145:6; Isa 64:3; Jer 32:21 Exodus 34:11”