Exodus 33

One song checked against Exodus 33. Each proof shows the passage, what the song does with it, and whether you can sing it. Read the whole chapter: Bible Gateway ↗ · Bible Hub ↗

Exodus 33:22 · “Rock of Ages” · Chris Rice

NOT A QUOTE “Rock of Ages” Chris Rice Exodus 33:22 Sing it. It quotes nothing and is quoting nothing; it is a prayer that reads the Bible's rock imagery through the cross. Just learn Exodus 33 itself, where the cleft shelters Moses from glory, not a sinner from judgment.

✓ Never says it is quoting: four stanzas of prayer built from scripture's imagery and presented as prayer, nothing dressed up as a verse

⚠ The famous origin story, Toplady sheltering from a storm in Burrington Combe gorge, first surfaced in a letter to The Times in 1898, 122 years after publication, and most hymnologists do not believe it. The story does the work of a citation for many singers, and the hymn needs neither

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