I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
- BSB ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
- NKJV ‘Iam pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
- NASB ‘I am pure, without wrongdoing; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
- NLT You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.
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Quick answer
As Moses enters the Tent, the pillar of cloud descends and God speaks with him. God's visible presence confirms Moses' unique role as mediator.
Overview
The descending cloud signifies God's manifest presence coming to meet Moses. That God speaks with him directly affirms the intimacy of their relationship. This visible token reassures Israel that, despite their sin, God still communes with His chosen mediator on their behalf.
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 16:17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
- Job 10:7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
- Job 11:4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
- Job 9:21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
- Job 13:23How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
- Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
- Job 17:8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
- Job 23:11–12My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
- Jer 2:35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
- Job 9:17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- Job 27:5–6God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
- Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- Job 9:28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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