“1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and
the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the
land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto
thy seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I
will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 Unto a land flowing with milk
and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou [art] a
stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. 4 And when the
people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him
his ornaments. 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children
of Israel, Ye [are] a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst
of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy
ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the
children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount
Horeb.”
“7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp,
afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the
congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the
LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was]
without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the
tabernacle, [that] all the people rose up, and stood every man [at] his
tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the
tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle,
the cloudy pillar descended, and stood [at] the door of the tabernacle,
and [the LORD] talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy
pillar stand [at] the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and
worshipped, every man [in] his tent door. 11 And the LORD spake unto
Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned
again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young
man, departed not out of the tabernacle.”
“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. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy
sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace
in thy sight: and consider that this nation [is] thy people. 14 And he
said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest. 15
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [with me], carry us not up
hence. 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have
found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so
shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are]
upon the face of the earth. 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do
this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my
sight, and I know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me
thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee,
and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will
shew mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall
no man see me, and live. 21 And the LORD said, Behold, [there is] a
place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: 22 And it shall come to
pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the
rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will
take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall
not be seen.” (Ex 33:1-23 AV)
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