Key Verses: Exodus 32

Key Questions

What is more devastating—the loss of the land or the loss of God’s presence? How does this speak to what we truly value in our spiritual lives?

Why does Moses ask to see God’s glory—and why does God only reveal God’s “back”? What does this reveal about the limits of human understanding and God’s self-disclosure?

What does it say about God that God chooses to rewrite the covenant rather than cancel it? How do we experience “rewriting” moments in our relationship with God?

Why is God so emphatic about avoiding assimilation into Canaanite religious life? How do we ...