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Sforno on Exodus 33:14/ספורנו על שמות ל״ג:י״ד

אפָּנַי יֵלֵכוּ. בְּנָסְעֲכֶם לָלֶכֶת אֶל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵלְכוּ פָנַי לִפְנֵיכֶם, לא בְּתוֹכְכֶם.
1פני ילכו, when you are moving toward the Holy Land My presence will walk before you. The emphasis here is on the word “before” instead of G’d saying “among you” [the author is reading this into the text as G’d left the definition of where His presence would be wide open. Ed.]
בוַהֲנִיחֹתִי לָךְ. אָנִיחַ לְךָ מִכָּל אוֹיְבֶיךָ מִסָּבִיב, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁתְּבִיאֵם לָאָרֶץ בֶּטַח:
2והניחותי לך; will give you rest from your enemies around you, so that you will bring the people into the land in safety.