Bible Strands
Exodus 33:14
And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks directly to Moses, answering his request (v.13) to know God's ways and his reminder that the nation is God's people.
The words — פָּנַי (panay, "my face/presence") is the Hebrew idiom for God's personal presence, not a physical face; הֲנִיחֹתִי (hanichoti, "I will give rest") shares its root with the name Noah (Noach), linking rest to settled dwelling.
The thread — The pairing of divine presence and rest recurs in Joshua 1:5 and 21:44, and Jesus echoes the rest promise in Matthew 11:28.
Why it lands — The verse is God's answer to a specific request, not a general formula; it asks the reader to notice that the subject of both verbs is God alone—He goes, He gives rest.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Cross-references
- Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Joshua 1:5 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Joshua 21:44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Hebrews 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
- Joshua 22:4 And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
- Psalms 95:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Exodus 13:21 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
- Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’