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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The LORD said to Moses, “Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For the LORD had told Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.” |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6So from the time they left Mount Sinai, the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7It was Moses’ practice to take the Tent of Meeting and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Whenever Moses went out to the Tent of Meeting, all the people would get up and stand in the entrances of their own tents. They would all watch Moses until he disappeared inside. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10When the people saw the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would stand and bow down in front of their own tents. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting. Moses Sees the LORD’s Glory |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12One day Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.” |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The LORD replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.” |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.” |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The LORD replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.” |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.” |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The LORD replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.” |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The LORD continued, “Look, stand near me on this rock. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face will not be seen.” |
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