Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, "Depart
, go
up from here
, you and the people
whom
you have brought
up from the land
of Egypt
, to the land
of which
aI swore
to Abraham
, bIsaac
, and cJacob
, saying
, ` dTo your 1descendants
I will give
it.'
"I will send aan angel
before
you and bI will drive
out the Canaanite
, the Amorite
, the Hittite
, the Perizzite
, the Hivite
and the Jebusite
.
"Go up to a land aflowing
with milk
and honey
; for I will not go
up in your midst
, because
you are 1 ban obstinate
people
, and cI might
destroy
you on the way
."
When the people heard
this
1sad
word
, athey went
into mourning
, and none
of them put
on his ornaments
.
For the LORD had said
to Moses
, "Say
to the sons
of Israel
, `You are 1 aan obstinate
people
; should I go
up in your midst
for one
moment
, I would destroy
you. Now
therefore, put
off
your ornaments
from you, that I may know
what
I shall do
with you.' "
So the sons of Israel
stripped
themselves of their ornaments
, from Mount
Horeb
onward.
Now Moses used to take
athe tent
and pitch
it outside
the camp
, a good
distance
from the camp
, and he called
it the tent
of meeting
. And beveryone
who sought
the LORD
would go
out to the tent
of meeting
which
was outside
the camp
.
And it came about, whenever Moses
went
out to the tent
, that all
the people
would arise
and stand
, each
at the entrance
of his tent
, and gaze
after
Moses
until
he entered
the tent
.
Whenever Moses entered
the tent
, athe pillar
of cloud
would descend
and stand
at the entrance
of the tent
; band 1the LORD would speak
with Moses
.
When all the people
saw
the pillar
of cloud
standing
at the entrance
of the tent
, all
the people
would arise
and worship
, each
at the entrance
of his tent
.
Thus athe LORD used to speak
to Moses
face
to face
, just
as a man
speaks
to his friend
. When 1Moses returned
to the camp
, bhis servant
Joshua
, the son
of Nun
, a young
man
, would not depart
from the tent
.
Then Moses said
to the LORD
, "See
, You say
to me, ` aBring
up this
people
!' But You Yourself
have not let me know
bwhom
You will send
with me. cMoreover, You have said
, `I have known
you by name
, and you have also
found
favor
in My sight
.'
"Now therefore, I pray
You, if
I have found
favor
in Your sight
, alet me know
Your ways
that I may know
You, so
that I may find
favor
in Your sight
. bConsider
too, that this
nation
is Your people
."
And He said, " aMy presence
shall go
with you, and bI will give
you rest
."
Then he said to Him, " aIf
Your presence
does not go
with us, do not lead
us up from here
.
"For how then
can it be known
that I have found
favor
in Your sight
, I and Your people
? Is it not by Your going
with us, so that awe, I and Your people
, may be distinguished
from all
the other people
who
are upon the face
of the 1earth
?"
The LORD said
to Moses
, "I will also
do
this
thing
of which
you have spoken
; afor you have found
favor
in My sight
and I have known
you by name
."
aThen 1Moses said, "I pray
You, show
me Your glory
!"
And He said, " aI Myself
will make all
My goodness
pass
before
you, and will proclaim
the name
of the LORD
before
you; and bI will be gracious
to whom
I will be gracious
, and will show
compassion
on whom
I will show
compassion
."
But He said, "You cannot
see
My face
, afor no
man
can see
Me and live
!"
Then the LORD said
, "Behold
, there is a place
1by Me, and ayou shall stand
there on the rock
;
and it will come about, while My glory
is passing
by, that I will put
you in the cleft
of the rock
and acover
you with My hand
until
I have passed
by.
"Then I will take My hand
away
and you shall see
My back
, but aMy face
shall not be seen
."