Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 33:12

12 And Moses said unto the LORD, see, thou sayest unto me, bring up this people, and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me . Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name , and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

(i. e.) What Angel it is, whether it be a created Angel, for then I profess I am unsatisfied with him, verse 15. or the same increated Angel Christ, who hath hitherto accompanied us, and then I am content. But I am at a great loss by thy withdrawing thy cloudy pillar from the people to whom it is to be a guide.

(i. e.) Distinctly and familiarly, as one whom I have much converse with and great kindness for: thy name is written in my book. Compare Exod. 32. 32, 33. Psal. 87. 5, 6. Phil. 4. 3. And knowing here notes approbation and affection, as Psal. 1. 6. Matth. 7. 23. compare Ier. 1. 5.