33:1 And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward,
go up hence, thou and thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of
Egypt, into the land which I swore to Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, saying,
I will give it to your seed.
33:2 And I will send at the same time my angel before thy face, and he shall
cast out the Amorite and the Chettite, and the Pherezite and Gergesite, and
Evite, and Jebusite, and Chananite.
33:3 And I will bring thee into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I
will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiff-necked people, lest I
consume thee by the way.
33:4 And the people having heard this grievous saying, mourned in mourning
apparel.
33:5 For the Lord said to the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked
people; take heed lest I bring on you another plague, and destroy you: now
then put off your glorious apparel, and [your] ornaments, and I will shew
thee what I will do to thee.
33:6 So the sons of Israel took off their ornaments and their array at the
mount of Choreb.
33:7 And Moses took his tabernacle and pitched it without the camp, at a
distance from the camp; and it was called the Tabernacle of Testimony: and
it came to pass [that] every one that sought the Lord went forth to the
tabernacle which was without the camp.
33:8 And whenever Moses went into the tabernacle without the camp, all the
people stood every one watching by the doors of his tent; and when Moses
departed, they took notice until he entered into the tabernacle.
33:9 And when Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of the cloud
descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and [God] talked to
Moses.
33:10 And all the people saw the pillar of the cloud standing by the door of
the tabernacle, and all the people stood and worshiped every one at the door
of his tent.
33:11 And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as if one should speak to
his friend; and he retired into the camp: but his servant Joshua the son of
Naue, a young man, departed not forth from the tabernacle.
33:12 And Moses said to the Lord, Lo! thou sayest to me, Lead on this
people; but thou hast not shewed me whom thou wilt send with me, but thou
hast said to me, I know thee above all, and thou hast favour with me.
33:13 If then I have found favour in thy sight, reveal thyself to me, that I
may evidently see thee; that I may find favour in thy sight, and that I may
know that this great nation [is] thy people.
33:14 And he says, I myself will go before thee, and give thee rest.
33:15 And he says to him, If thou go not up with us thyself, bring me not up
hence.
33:16 And how shall it be surely known, that both I and this people have
found favour with thee, except only if thou go with us? So both I and thy
people shall be glorified beyond all the nations, as many as are upon the
earth.
33:17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will also do for thee this thing, which
thou hast spoken; for thou hast found grace before me, and I know thee above
all.
33:18 And [Moses] says, Manifest thyself to me.
33:19 And [God] said, I will pass by before thee with my glory, and I will
call by my name, the Lord, before thee; and I will have mercy on whom I will
have mercy, and will have pity on whom I will have pity.
33:20 And [God] said, Thou shalt not be able to see my face; for no man
shall see my face, and live.
33:21 And the Lord said, Behold, [there is] a place by me: thou shalt stand
upon the rock;
33:22 and when my glory shall pass by, then I will put thee into a hole of
the rock; and I will cover thee over with my hand, until I shall have passed
by.
33:23 And I will remove my hand, and then shalt thou see my back parts; but
my face shall not appear to thee. |
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:
33:2 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:
33:3 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.
33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man
did put on him his ornaments.
33:5 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.
33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by
the mount Horeb.
33:7 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.
33:8 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.
33:9 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.
33:10 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.
33:11 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.
33:12 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.
33:13 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.
33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
rest.
33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up
hence.
33:16 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.
33:17 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.
33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.
33:19 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.
33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see
me, and live.
33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt
stand upon a rock:
33:22 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:
33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but
my face shall not be seen. |