Bible, King James Version
Exodus
Exod.33
[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.
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