~Exodus 33:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence,thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land ofEgypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and toJacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
~Exodus 33:2 and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive outthe Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, theHivite, and the Jebusite:
~Exodus 33:3 unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will notgo up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest Iconsume thee in the way.
~Exodus 33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, theymourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
~Exodus 33:5 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children ofIsrael, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of theefor one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thyornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
~Exodus 33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of theirornaments from mount Horeb onward.
~Exodus 33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it withoutthe camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent ofmeeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovahwent out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.
~Exodus 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto theTent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tentdoor, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent.
~Exodus 33:9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent,the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and[Jehovah] spake with Moses.
~Exodus 33:10 And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at thedoor of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, everyman at his tent door.
~Exodus 33:11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a manspeaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but hisminister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of theTent.
~Exodus 33:12 And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, thou sayest untome, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thouwilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thouhast also found favor in my sight.
~Exodus 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thysight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that Imay find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thypeople.
~Exodus 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and Iwill give thee rest.
~Exodus 33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [withme], carry us not up hence.
~Exodus 33:16 For wherein now shall it be known that I have foundfavor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest withus, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people thatare upon the face of the earth?
~Exodus 33:17 And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing alsothat thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and Iknow thee by name.
~Exodus 33:18 And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
~Exodus 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass beforethee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will begracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom Iwill show mercy.
~Exodus 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shallnot see me and live.
~Exodus 33:21 and Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, andthou shalt stand upon the rock:
~Exodus 33:22 and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by,that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with myhand until I have passed by:
~Exodus 33:23 and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see myback; but my face shall not be seen
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