Exodus - Chapter 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 at the same time an [my] angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and Gergesite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

3 And I will bring thee 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 in mourning apparel: 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: take heed lest I bring on you another plague, I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off your glorious apparel, put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee [I will shew thee what I will do to thee].

6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments and their array 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 [of Testimony]. 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 without the camp, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, when Moses departed, 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 [I know thee above all], 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, reveal thyself to me, that I may know thee [that I may evidently see thee], that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people [and that I may know that this great nation (is) thy people].

14 And he said, My presence [I myself] shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me [with us], carry us not [bring me not] up hence.

16 For wherein shall it be surely 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 [glorified], 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 [above all].

18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory [Manifest thyself to me].

19 And he said, I will make all my goodness [my glory] pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD [I will call by my name, 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 [see my face], and live.

21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a [the] 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.