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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 an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite: |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their
ornaments by the mount Horeb. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy
sight, show 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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, show me thy glory.
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| 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 show mercy on whom I will show 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: |
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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 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. |
