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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, “Depart, go
up from here,
you and the
people that you
have brought up
out of the land
of Egypt, to
the land of which
I swore to Abraham,
to Isaac, and
to Jacob, saying,
‘I will give
it to your
offspring.’
2 I
will send an
angel before you;
and I will
drive out the
Canaanite, the Amorite,
and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and
the Jebusite.
3 Go
to a land
flowing with milk
and honey; but
I will not
go up among
you, for you
are a stiff-necked
people, lest I
consume you on
the way.”
4 When
the people heard
this evil news,
they mourned; and
no one put
on his jewelry.
5 The
LORD had said to
Moses, “Tell the
children of Israel,
‘You are
a stiff-necked people.
If I were
to go up
among you for
one moment, I
would consume you.
Therefore now take
off your jewelry
from you, that
I may know
what to do
to you.’ ”
6 The
children of Israel
stripped themselves of
their jewelry from
Mount Horeb onward.
7 Now
Moses used to
take the tent and
pitch it outside
the camp, far
away from the
camp, and he
called it “The Tent
of Meeting.”
Everyone who
sought the LORD
went out to
the Tent of
Meeting, which was
outside the camp.
8 When
Moses went out
to the Tent, all
the people rose
up, and stood,
everyone at
their tent door,
and watched Moses,
until he had
gone into the Tent.
9 When
Moses entered into
the Tent, the
pillar of cloud
descended, stood
at the door
of the Tent, and
the LORD spoke
with Moses.
10 All
the people saw
the pillar of
cloud stand at
the door of
the Tent, and all
the people rose
up and worshiped,
everyone at
their tent door.
11 The
LORD spoke to
Moses face to
face, as a
man speaks to
his friend. He
turned again into
the camp, but
his servant Joshua,
the son of
Nun, a young
man, didn’t depart
from the Tent.
12 Moses said
to the LORD, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring
up this people;’
and you haven’t
let me know
whom you will
send with me.
Yet you have said,
‘I know you
by name, and
you have also
found favor in
my sight.’
13 Now
therefore, if I
have found favor
in your sight,
please show me
your way, now,
that I may
know you, so
that I may
find favor in
your sight; and
consider that this
nation is your
people.”
14 He said, “My
presence will go
with you, and
I will give
you rest.”
15 Moses said
to him, “If your
presence doesn’t go
with me, don’t
carry us up
from here.
16 For
how would people
know that I
have found favor
in your sight,
I and your
people? Isn’t it
that you go
with us, so
that we are
separated, I and
your people, from
all the people
who are on
the surface of
the earth?”
17 The
LORD said to
Moses, “I will
do this thing
also that you
have spoken; for
you have found
favor in my
sight, and I
know you by
name.”
18 Moses said, “Please
show me your
glory.”
19 He
said, “I will
make all my
goodness pass
before you, and
will proclaim the
LORD’s name before
you. I will
be gracious to
whom I will
be gracious, and
will show mercy
on whom I
will show mercy.”
20 He said, “You
cannot see my
face, for man
may not see
me and live.”
21 The
LORD also said, “Behold, there is a
place by me,
and you shall
stand on the
rock.
22 It
will happen, while
my glory passes
by, that I
will put you
in a cleft
of the rock,
and will cover
you with my
hand until I
have passed by;
23 then
I will take
away my hand,
and you will
see my back;
but my face
shall not be
seen.”