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“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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