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:
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
:
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
.
And when the people heard
these evil
tidings
, they mourned
: and no man
did put
on him his ornaments
.
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.
And the children of Israel
stripped
themselves of their ornaments
by the mount
Horeb
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And he said, My presence
shall go
with thee , and I will give thee rest
.
And he said unto him, If thy presence
go
not with me , carry us not up
hence.
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
.
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
.
And he said, I beseech thee
, shew
me thy glory
.
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
.
And he said, Thou canst
not see
my face
: for there shall no man
see
me, and live
.
And the LORD said
, Behold, there is a place
by me, and thou shalt stand
upon a rock
:
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
:
And I will take away mine hand
, and thou shalt see
my back parts
: but my face
shall not be seen
.