Exodus 23:21

23:21 Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name ¹  is in him.

Exodus 34:9

34:9 and said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord ²  go among us, for we ³  are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

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¹ sn This means “the manifestation of my being” is in him (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 247). Driver quotes McNeile as saying, “The ‘angel’ is Jehovah Himself ‘in a temporary descent to visibility for a special purpose.’” Others take the “name” to represent Yahweh’s “power” (NCV) or “authority” (NAB, CEV).

² tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” two times here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

³ tn Heb “it is.” Hebrew uses the third person masculine singular pronoun here in agreement with the noun “people.”