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What stood out or challenged you in the passage?
What is the broader context of Exodus 34:6-7? Why is it so amazing, and such a comfort, that God revealed himself as compassionate at this point in the story?
Compassion is an emotion that motivates God. Do you think of God having emotions? What other emotions does God have according to Exodus 4:6-7?
Read Numbers 14:17-19. Why does Moses pray for forgiveness for the people whilst quoting Exodus 34:7? Could we be reading this verse not as the Israelites would have understood it?
Read Jonah 4:1-2. How is Jonah misusing Exodus 34:6?
Was does σπλάγχνον mean? Were you surprised that Jesus has such emotional responses to suffering [Philippians 1:8]? Given that Jesus is the exact representation of God [Hebrews 1:3] what does this remind us about God?
Read the passage again and note anything else that stands out or challenges you. Pray that the Holy Spirit would enable you to change and be more like Jesus and demonstrate the unity we have in him.
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