exodus 34

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
Why didn’t the Lord cut out the tables of stone like unto the first time?	Maybe it was so that Moses would value these tables more than the first.
Why does God tell Moses to come alone, and warns not to have even the flocks feeds near the mount?	Maybe it is a safety pre-caution as to not have anything consumed, since God is about to show His glory.
How big were these tables of stone that Moses hewed out? Is it that they were small and could fit in his hand, or did h need a wagon to bring them?
		5) in this dispensation God comes down in a cloud.
		Moses requests that  the Lord go with them. The Lord tells Moses that he will drive out all the inhabitants before them, and He will go with them.
		14-onward) seems to be a repetition of the commandments.
		Note in verse 17 that the word graven is replaced with the word molten, this might have been done as a result of the molten image that they had made.
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Why didn’t God want the firstling of an ass?		20
What was the significance of the animals being male?	Maybe this was as a result of the fact that Christ was to be male. These were types.
What was the purpose of appearing before the Lord without an offering, or the redemption money?		Note that all firstborn males were to be redeemed.
If God knew that the Israelites would not occupy Canaan until many years later, what was the purpose of giving all these commands?		25: Note
		22: Three feasts unto the Lord. These feast represent three dispensations of the church. The last of which being the translation to heaven.
Is this the first time God is saying don’t leaven unto the morning?	I don’t think so, will try and find another passage later for another appearing.	25:
Why did God say not to seethe a kid in his mother’s milk?	It is not clear why, however there is much speculation about it. (one reason given is that it was a Paganistic custom). However no one can be sure as to what the reason was.
		28 Moses spent 40 days and nights with God, and Moses’ face shun. This will be the experience of all Christians who spend time in the Lord’s presence. They reflect His glory. Similar to what Adam and Eve had at the beginning of time?
		It seems God did not only show Moses His glory, but also shared some of it with him. In this sense Moses’ received way more than he had asked him.
Where was Moses in His walk with God that God could reflect his glory through Moses and Moses be not consumed?	It is likely that this was intentional on God’s part. He did say that He could show mercy to whomever He pleases.
How was Moses able to go 40 days/night without food or water?
Could it be that while Moses was in the presence of God, time seemed to stand still? Moses did not realize the time that passed?
Could be that since God does not dwell in time, there was no recollection of time to Moses when he was in the presence of God? Did it seem like just a moment or just a day?
What must this experience been like, to actually be in the presence of God in His glorified form?		27 Note that the words that God had spoken to Moses represented the contract between Him and Israel. No wonder the commandments were written on tables of stone, representing it was a contract.
Isn’t this situation a type? Isn’t it in like manner that God vails himself, i.e. so that the angels/man can look upon Him?		33
		It does not seem that Moses’ face only shun for a day. It seemed as he continually communed with God that his face would light up.