Exodus 33

33And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou ^aand 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, ^bUnto thy seed will I give it: ²And I will send ^can angel before thee; ^dand I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: ^3eUnto a land flowing with milk and honey: ^ffor I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a ^gstiffnecked people: lest ^hI consume thee in the way. ⁴And when the people heard these evil tidings, ⁱthey mourned: ^kand no man did put on him his ornaments. ⁵For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, ^lYe are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in ^ma moment, and ⁿconsume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. ⁶And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

⁷And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, ^oand called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which ^psought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. ⁸And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man ^qat his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. ⁹And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the ^rcloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord ^rtalked with Moses. ¹⁰And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and ^sworshipped, every man in his tent door. ¹¹And ^tthe Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but ^uhis servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. ¹²And Moses said unto the Lord, See, ^xthou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, ^yI know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. ¹³Now therefore, I pray thee, ^zif I have found grace in thy sight, ^ashew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is ^bthy people. ¹⁴And he said, ^cMy presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee ^drest. ¹⁵And he said unto him, ^eIf thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. ¹⁶For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? ^fis it not in that thou goest with us? so ^gshall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. ¹⁷And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for ^hthou hast found grace in my sight, and ⁱI know thee by name. ¹⁸And he said, I beseech thee, shew me ^kthy glory. ¹⁹And he said, I will make all ^lmy goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; ^mand will be ⁿgracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. ²⁰And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for ^othere shall no man see me, and live. ²¹And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: ²²And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee ^pin a clift of the rock, and will ^qcover thee with my hand while I pass by: ²³And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall ^rnot be seen.