Exodus 33 - LSB Bible Online

Exodus 33

Moses and the Tent of Meeting

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go! Go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which ^aI swore to Abraham, ^bto Isaac, and ^cto Jacob, saying, ‘^dTo your seed I will give it.’ 2 And I will send ^aan angel before you, and ^bI will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land ^aflowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst because you are ^ba stiff-necked people, lest ^cI consume you on the way.”
4 Then the people heard this ¹sad word and ^awent into mourning; and none of them put on his ornaments. 5 So Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are ^aa stiff-necked people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would consume you. So now, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.’” 6 So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.
7 Now Moses used to take ^athe tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And ^beveryone who sought Yahweh would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. 8 And it happened whenever Moses went out to the tent, that all the people would arise and stand, each at the entrance of his tent, and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent. 9 And it happened whenever Moses entered the tent, that ^athe pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; ^band ¹Yahweh would speak with Moses. 10 And all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent. And all the people would arise and worship, each at the entrance of his tent. 11 Thus ^aYahweh used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. Then ¹Moses would return to the camp, and ^bhis attendant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Moses and the Glory of Yahweh

12 Then Moses said to Yahweh, “See, You say to me, ‘^aBring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know ^bwhom You will send with me. ^cMoreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ 13 So now, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, ^alet me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. ^bSee also, that this nation is Your people.” 14 And He said, “^aMy presence shall go with you, and ^bI will give you rest.” 15 Then he said to Him, “^aIf Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. 16 Indeed, how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that ^awe, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the ¹earth?”
17 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; ^afor you have found favor in My sight, and I have known you by name.” 18 ^aThen ¹Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!” 19 And He said, “^aI Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you; and ^bI will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face, ^afor no man can see Me and live!” 21 Then Yahweh said, “Behold, there is a place ¹by Me, and ^ayou shall stand there on the rock; 22 and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and ^acover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove My hand, and you shall see My back, but ^aMy face shall not be seen.”

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