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Éxodo 33
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33 El Señor dijo a Moisés: «Anda, vete de este lugar junto con el pueblo que sacaste de Egipto y dirígete a la tierra que bajo juramento prometí a Abraham, Isaac y Jacob que daría a sus descendientes. 2 Enviaré un ángel delante de ti y desalojaré a cananeos, amorreos, hititas, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos. 3 Ve a la tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel. Yo no los acompañaré, porque ustedes son un pueblo terco, y podría yo destruirlos en el camino».

4 Cuando los israelitas oyeron estas palabras tan demoledoras, se vistieron de luto y nadie volvió a ponerse sus adornos, 5 pues el Señor había dicho a Moisés: «Di a los israelitas que son un pueblo terco. Si aun por un momento tuviera que acompañarlos, podría destruirlos. Diles que se quiten esas joyas, que ya decidiré qué hacer con ellos». 6 Por eso, a partir del monte Horeb los israelitas no volvieron a ponerse joyas.

La Tienda de reunión

7 Moisés tomó una tienda de campaña y la armó a cierta distancia fuera del campamento. La llamó la «Tienda de reunión». Cuando alguien quería consultar al Señor, tenía que salir del campamento e ir a la Tienda. 8 Siempre que Moisés se dirigía a ella, todo el pueblo se quedaba de pie a la entrada de su tienda y seguía a Moisés con la mirada, hasta que este entraba en la Tienda de reunión. 9 En cuanto Moisés entraba en ella, la columna de nube descendía y se detenía en la entrada, mientras el Señor hablaba con Moisés. 10 Cuando los israelitas veían que la columna de nube se detenía a la entrada de la Tienda de reunión, todos ellos se postraban a la entrada de su tienda de campaña y adoraban. 11 Y hablaba el Señor con Moisés cara a cara, como quien habla con un amigo. Después de eso, Moisés regresaba al campamento; pero Josué, hijo de Nun, su joven asistente, nunca se apartaba de la Tienda de reunión.

La gloria del Señor

12 Moisés dijo al Señor:

—Tú insistes en que yo debo guiar a este pueblo, pero no me has dicho a quién enviarás conmigo. También me has dicho que te conozco por nombre y que cuento con tu favor. 13 Pues si realmente es así, dime cuáles son tus caminos. Así sabré que en verdad cuento con tu favor. Ten presente que los israelitas son tu pueblo.

14 —Yo mismo iré contigo y te daré descanso —respondió el Señor.

15 —O vas con todos nosotros —respondió Moisés—, o mejor no nos hagas salir de aquí. 16 Si no vienes con nosotros, ¿cómo vamos a saber, tu pueblo y yo, que contamos con tu favor? ¿En qué seríamos diferentes de los demás pueblos de la tierra?

17 —Está bien, haré lo que me pides —dijo el Señor a Moisés—, pues cuentas con mi favor y te conozco por nombre.

18 —Déjame ver tu gloria —insistió Moisés.

19 Y el Señor respondió:

—Voy a darte pruebas de mi bondad y te daré a conocer mi nombre. Tendré misericordia de quien quiera tenerla y seré compasivo con quien quiera serlo. 20 Pero debo aclararte que no podrás ver mi rostro, porque nadie puede verme y seguir con vida.

21 »Cerca de mí hay un lugar sobre una roca —añadió el Señor—. Puedes quedarte allí. 22 Cuando yo pase en toda mi gloria, te pondré en una hendidura de la roca y te cubriré con mi mano, hasta que haya pasado. 23 Luego retiraré la mano y podrás verme la espalda. Pero mi rostro nadie lo verá».

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Éxodo 33
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Hacia la tierra prometida

33 1-6 Dios le dijo a Moisés:

«Deja este lugar y lleva al pueblo que sacaste de Egipto a la tierra que les prometí a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob. Yo les aseguré que esa tierra sería para sus descendientes. ¡Es tan rica que siempre hay abundancia de alimentos! Enviaré a mi ángel para que te guíe, y echaré de allí a todos los pueblos que no me obedecen.

»Diles a los israelitas que yo no iré con ellos. Son tan tercos que, si vuelven a pecar, hasta podría destruirlos en el camino. Por lo pronto, que se quiten sus joyas. Más tarde veré qué hago con ellos».

Cuando Moisés les dijo esto, los israelitas se pusieron muy tristes, pues Dios los había reprendido con dureza. Y desde ese momento ninguno de ellos volvió a usar sus joyas.

La Carpa comunitaria

7 Moisés colocó una carpa fuera del campamento, y la llamó Carpa comunitaria. Si alguno quería hablar con Dios, salía del campamento y entraba en la carpa. 8 Y cuando Moisés entraba en ella, todos se quedaban de pie junto a su propia tienda de campaña y lo seguían con la mirada hasta verlo entrar en la carpa. 9-10 Tan pronto como Moisés entraba, la columna de nube bajaba y se colocaba a la entrada; entonces todos se arrodillaban a la entrada de su propia tienda de campaña, mientras Dios hablaba con Moisés.

11 Siempre que Moisés entraba en la Carpa comunitaria, hablaba con Dios personalmente, como si hablara con un amigo. Después, Moisés regresaba al campamento. Pero Josué, que era su ayudante, nunca se alejaba de la carpa.

Moisés pide ver a Dios

12 Moisés le dijo a Dios:

—Tú me ordenaste guiar a este pueblo, pero no me dijiste quién me ayudaría a hacerlo. También me dijiste que me amas y que confías en mí. 13 Si eso es verdad, dime qué piensas hacer, para que yo también llegue a amarte y tú sigas confiando en mí. No olvides que este pueblo es tuyo y no mío.

14 Dios le contestó:

—Yo mismo voy a acompañarte y te haré estar tranquilo.

15 Moisés le dijo:

—Si no vas a acompañarnos, no nos pidas que salgamos de aquí. 16 Acompáñanos, y seremos diferentes de los otros pueblos de esta tierra. ¿Cómo van a saber los israelitas que tú confías en mí, si no vienes con nosotros?

17 Dios le respondió:

—Está bien, voy a acompañarlos, porque realmente te amo y confío en ti.

18 Entonces Moisés le dijo a Dios:

—Permíteme verte.

19 Pero Dios le respondió:

—Yo soy muy bondadoso con quien quiero serlo. Así que voy a mostrarte todo mi esplendor, y voy a darte a conocer mi nombre. 20-21 Pero no podrás ver mi rostro, porque cualquiera que vea mi rostro morirá. Quédate junto a la roca que está a mi lado. 22 Cuando pase yo delante de ti, te colocaré en un hueco de la roca y te taparé los ojos con mi mano, hasta que haya pasado. 23 Después quitaré mi mano, y podrás ver mi espalda; pero mi rostro no lo verás.

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Exodus 33
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33 The Lord said to Moses, “Go up[a] from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath[b] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’[c] 2 I will send an angel[d] before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.[e] 3 Go up[f] to a land flowing with milk and honey. But[g] I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you[h] on the way.”

4 When the people heard this troubling word[i] they mourned;[j] no one put on his ornaments. 5 For[k] the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment,[l] I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments[m] that I may know[n] what I should do to you.’”[o] 6 So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

The Presence of the Lord

7 [p] Moses took[q] the tent[r] and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distance[s] from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone[t] seeking[u] the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.

8 And when Moses went out[v] to the tent, all the people would get up[w] and stand at the entrance to their tents[x] and watch[y] Moses until he entered the tent.[z] 9 And[aa] whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord[ab] would speak with Moses.[ac] 10 When all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people, each one at the entrance of his own tent, would rise and worship.[ad] 11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face,[ae] the way a person speaks[af] to a friend. Then Moses[ag] would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.[ah]

12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, you have been saying to me, ‘Bring this people up,’[ai] but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said, ‘I know you by name,[aj] and also you have found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me[ak] your way, that I may know you,[al] that I may continue to find[am] favor in your sight. And see[an] that this nation is your people.”

14 And the Lord[ao] said, “My presence[ap] will go with you,[aq] and I will give you rest.”[ar]

15 And Moses[as] said to him, “If your presence does not go[at] with us,[au] do not take us up from here.[av] 16 For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?”[aw]

17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know[ax] you by name.”

18 And Moses[ay] said, “Show me your glory.”[az]

19 And the Lord[ba] said, “I will make all my goodness[bb] pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name[bc] before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious; I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”[bd] 20 But he added, “You cannot see my face, for no one can[be] see me and live.”[bf] 21 The Lord said, “Here[bg] is a place by me; you will station yourself[bh] on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and will cover[bi] you with my hand[bj] while I pass by.[bk] 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back,[bl] but my face must not be seen.”[bm]

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 33:1 tn The two imperatives underscore the immediacy of the demand: “go, go up,” meaning “get going up” or “be on your way.”
  2. Exodus 33:1 tn Or “the land which I swore.”
  3. Exodus 33:1 tn Heb “seed.”
  4. Exodus 33:2 sn This seems not to be the same as the Angel of the Presence introduced before.
  5. Exodus 33:2 sn See T. Ishida, “The Structure and Historical Implications of Lists of Pre-Israelite Nations,” Bib (1979): 461-90.
  6. Exodus 33:3 tn This verse seems to be a continuation of the command to “go up” since it begins with “to a land….” The intervening clauses are therefore parenthetical or relative. But the translation is made simpler by supplying the verb.
  7. Exodus 33:3 tn This is a strong adversative here, “but.”
  8. Exodus 33:3 tn The clause is “lest I consume you.” It would go with the decision not to accompany them: “I will not go up with you…lest I consume (destroy) you in the way.” The verse is saying that because of the people’s bent to rebellion, Yahweh would not remain in their midst as he had formerly said he would do. Their lives would be at risk if he did.
  9. Exodus 33:4 tn Or “bad news” (NAB, NCV).
  10. Exodus 33:4 sn The people would rather have risked divine discipline than to go without Yahweh in their midst. So they mourned, and they took off the ornaments. Such had been used in making the golden calf, and so because of their association with all of that they were to be removed as a sign of remorse.
  11. Exodus 33:5 tn The verse simply begins “And Yahweh said.” But it is clearly meant to be explanatory for the preceding action of the people.
  12. Exodus 33:5 tn The construction is formed with a simple imperfect in the first half and a perfect tense with vav (ו) in the second half. Heb “[in] one moment I will go up in your midst and I will destroy you.” The verse is certainly not intended to say that God was about to destroy them. That, plus the fact that he has announced he will not go in their midst, leads most commentators to take this as a conditional clause: “If I were to do such and such, then….”
  13. Exodus 33:5 tn The Hebrew text also has “from on you.”
  14. Exodus 33:5 tn The form is the cohortative with a vav (ו) following the imperative; it therefore expresses the purpose or result: “strip off…that I may know.” The call to remove the ornaments must have been perceived as a call to show true repentance for what had happened. If they repented, then God would know how to deal with them.
  15. Exodus 33:5 tn This last clause begins with the interrogative “what,” but it is used here as an indirect interrogative. It introduces a noun clause, the object of the verb “know.”
  16. Exodus 33:7 sn This unit of the book could actually include all of chap. 33, starting with the point of the Lord’s withdrawal from the people. If that section is not part of the exposition, it would have to be explained as the background. The point is that sinfulness prevents the active presence of the Lord leading his people. But then the rest of chap. 33 forms the development. In vv. 7-11 there is the gracious provision: the Lord reveals through his faithful mediator. The Lord was leading his people, but now more remotely because of their sin. Then, in vv. 12-17 Moses intercedes for the people, and the intercession of the mediator guarantees the Lord’s presence. The point of all of this is that God wanted the people to come to know that if he was not with them they should not go. Finally, the presence of the Lord is verified to the mediator by a special revelation (18-23). The point of the whole chapter is that by his grace the Lord renews the promise of his presence by special revelation.
  17. Exodus 33:7 tn Heb “and Moses took.”
  18. Exodus 33:7 sn A widespread contemporary view is that this section represents a source that thought the tent of meeting was already erected (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 359). But the better view is that this is a temporary tent used for meeting the Lord. U. Cassuto explains this view very well (Exodus, 429-30), namely, that because the building of the tabernacle was now in doubt if the Lord was not going to be in their midst, another plan seemed necessary. Moses took this tent, his tent, and put some distance between the camp and it. Here he would use the tent as the place to meet God, calling it by the same name since it was a surrogate tent. Thus, the entire section was a temporary means of meeting God, until the current wrath was past.
  19. Exodus 33:7 tn The infinitive absolute is used here as an adverb (see GKC 341 §113.h).
  20. Exodus 33:7 tn The clause begins with “and it was,” the perfect tense with the vav conjunction. The imperfect tenses in this section are customary, describing what used to happen (others describe the verbs as frequentative). See GKC 315 §107.e.
  21. Exodus 33:7 tn The form is the Piel participle. The seeking here would indicate seeking an oracle from Yahweh or seeking to find a resolution for some difficulty (as in 2 Sam 21:1) or even perhaps coming with a sacrifice. B. Jacob notes that the tent was even here a place of prayer, for the benefit of the people (Exodus, 961). It is not known how long this location was used.
  22. Exodus 33:8 tn The clause is introduced again with “and it was.” The perfect tense here with the vav (ו) is used to continue the sequence of actions that were done repeatedly in the past (see GKC 331-32 §112.e). The temporal clause is then formed with the infinitive construct of יָצָא (yatsaʾ), with “Moses” as the subjective genitive: “and it was according to the going out of Moses.”
  23. Exodus 33:8 tn Or “rise up.”
  24. Exodus 33:8 tn The subject of this verb is specified with the individualizing use of “man”: “and all Israel would station themselves, each person (man) at the entrance to his tent.”
  25. Exodus 33:8 tn The perfect tense with the vav (ו) continues the sequence of the customary imperfect. The people “would gaze” (after) Moses until he entered the tent.
  26. Exodus 33:8 tn This is a temporal clause using an infinitive construct with a suffixed subject.
  27. Exodus 33:9 tn Heb “and it was when.”
  28. Exodus 33:9 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  29. Exodus 33:9 tn Both verbs, “stand” and “speak,” are perfect tenses with vav (ו) consecutive.
  30. Exodus 33:10 tn All the main verbs in this verse are perfect tenses continuing the customary sequence (see GKC 337 §112.kk). The idea is that the people would get up (rise) when the cloud was there and then worship, meaning in part bow down. When the cloud was not there, there was access to seek God.
  31. Exodus 33:11 tn “Face-to-face” is circumstantial to the action of the verb, explaining how they spoke (see GKC 489-90 §156.c). The point of this note of friendly relationship with Moses is that Moses was “at home” in this tent speaking with God. Moses would derive courage from this when he interceded for the people (B. Jacob, Exodus, 966).
  32. Exodus 33:11 tn The verb in this clause is a progressive imperfect.
  33. Exodus 33:11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  34. Exodus 33:11 sn Moses did not live in the tent. But Joshua remained there most of the time to guard the tent, it seems, lest any of the people approach it out of curiosity.
  35. Exodus 33:12 tn The Hiphil imperative is from the same verb that has been used before for bringing the people up from Egypt and leading them to Canaan.
  36. Exodus 33:12 tn That is, “chosen you.”
  37. Exodus 33:13 tn The prayer uses the Hiphil imperative of the verb “to know.” “Cause me to know” is “show me, reveal to me, teach or inform me.” Moses wanted to know more of God’s dealings with people, especially after all that has happened in the preceding chapter.
  38. Exodus 33:13 tn The imperfect tense of the verb “to know” with the vav follows the imperative of this root, and so this indicates the purpose clause (final imperfect): “in order that I may know you.” S. R. Driver summarizes it this way: that I may understand what your nature and character is, and shape my petitions accordingly, so that I may find grace in your sight, and my future prayers may be answered (Exodus, 361).
  39. Exodus 33:13 tn The purpose clause simply uses the imperfect, “that I may find.” But since he already has found favor in God’s eyes, he is clearly praying that it be so in the future as well as now.
  40. Exodus 33:13 tn The verb “see” (an imperative) is a request for God to acknowledge Israel as his people by providing the divine leadership needed. So his main appeal will be for the people and not himself. To underscore this, he repeats “see” the way the section opened.
  41. Exodus 33:14 tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  42. Exodus 33:14 sn Heb “my face.” This represents the presence of Yahweh going with the people (see 2 Sam 17:11 for an illustration). The “presence” probably refers to the angel of the presence or some similar manifestation of God’s leading and caring for his people.
  43. Exodus 33:14 tn The phrase “with you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
  44. Exodus 33:14 sn The expression certainly refers to the peace of mind and security of knowing that God was with them. But the expression came to mean “settle them in the land of promise” and give them rest and peace from their enemies. U. Cassuto (Exodus, 434) observes how in 32:10 God had told Moses, “Leave me alone” (“give me rest”), but now he promises to give them rest. The parallelism underscores the great transition through intercession.
  45. Exodus 33:15 tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  46. Exodus 33:15 tn The construction uses the active participle to stress the continual going of the presence: if there is not your face going.
  47. Exodus 33:15 tn “with us” has been supplied.
  48. Exodus 33:15 tn Heb “from this.”
  49. Exodus 33:16 sn See W. Brueggemann, “The Crisis and Promise of Presence in Israel,” HBT 1 (1979): 47-86; and N. M. Waldman, “God’s Ways—A Comparative Note,” JQR 70 (1979): 67-70.
  50. Exodus 33:17 tn The verb in this place is a preterite with the vav (ו) consecutive, judging from the pointing. It then follows in sequence the verb “you have found favor,” meaning you stand in that favor, and so it means “I have known you” and still do (equal to the present perfect). The emphasis, however, is on the results of the action, and so “I know you.”
  51. Exodus 33:18 tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  52. Exodus 33:18 sn Moses now wanted to see the glory of Yahweh, more than what he had already seen and experienced. He wanted to see God in all his majesty. The LXX chose to translate this without a word for “glory” or “honor”; instead they used the pronoun seautou, “yourself”—show me the real You. God tells him that he cannot see it fully, but in part. It will be enough for Moses to disclose to him the reality of the divine presence as well as God’s moral nature. It would be impossible for Moses to comprehend all of the nature of God, for there is a boundary between God and man. But God would let him see his goodness, the sum of his nature, pass by in a flash. B. Jacob (Exodus, 972) says that the glory refers to God’s majesty, might, and glory, as manifested in nature, in his providence, his laws, and his judgments. He adds that this glory should and would be made visible to man—that was its purpose in the world.
  53. Exodus 33:19 tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  54. Exodus 33:19 sn The word “goodness” refers to the divine appearance in summary fashion.
  55. Exodus 33:19 tn The expression “make proclamation in the name of Yahweh” (here a perfect tense with vav [ו] consecutive for future) means to declare, reveal, or otherwise make proclamation of who Yahweh is. The “name of Yahweh” (rendered “the name of the Lord” throughout) refers to his divine attributes revealed to his people, either in word or deed. What will be focused on first will be his grace and compassion.
  56. Exodus 33:19 sn God declares his mercy and grace in similar terms to his earlier self-revelation (“I am that I am”): “I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious.” In other words, the grace and mercy of God are bound up in his own will. Obviously, in this passage the recipients of that favor are the penitent Israelites who were forgiven through Moses’ intercession. The two words are at the heart of God’s dealings with people. The first is חָנַן (khanan, “to be gracious, show favor”). It means to grant favor or grace to someone, grace meaning unmerited favor. All of God’s dealings are gracious, but especially in forgiving sins and granting salvation it is critical. Parallel to this is רָחַם (rakham), a word that means “show compassion, tender mercy.” It is a word that is related to the noun “womb,” the connection being in providing care and protection for that which is helpless and dependent—a motherly quality. In both of these constructions the verbs simply express what God will do, without explaining why. See further, J. R. Lundbom, “God’s Use of the Idem per idem to Terminate Debate,” HTR 71 (1978): 193-201; and J. Piper, “Prolegomena to Understanding Romans 9:14-15: An Interpretation of Exodus 33:19, ” JETS 22 (1979): 203-16.
  57. Exodus 33:20 tn In view of the use of the verb “can, be able to” in the first clause, this imperfect tense is given a potential nuance.
  58. Exodus 33:20 tn Gesenius notes that sometimes a negative statement takes the place of a conditional clause; here it is equal to “if a man sees me he does not live” (GKC 498 §159.gg). The other passages that teach this are Gen 32:30; Deut 4:33; 5:24, 26; Judg 6:22; 13:22, and Isa 6:5.
  59. Exodus 33:21 tn The deictic particle is used here simply to call attention to a place of God’s knowing and choosing.
  60. Exodus 33:21 tn Heb “and you will,” or interpretively, “where you will.”
  61. Exodus 33:22 sn Note the use in Exod 40:3, “and you will screen the ark with the curtain.” The glory is covered, veiled from being seen.
  62. Exodus 33:22 tn The circumstantial clause is simply, “my hand [being] over you.” This protecting hand of Yahweh represents a fairly common theme in the Bible.
  63. Exodus 33:22 tn The construction has a preposition with an infinitive construct and a suffix: “while [or until] I pass by” (Heb “in the passing by of me”).
  64. Exodus 33:23 tn The plural “my backs” is according to Gesenius an extension plural (compare “face,” a dual in Hebrew). The word denotes a locality in general, but that is composed of numerous parts (see GKC 397 §124.b). W. C. Kaiser says that since God is a spirit, the meaning of this word could just as easily be rendered “after effects” of his presence (“Exodus,” EBC 2:484). As S. R. Driver says, though, while this may indicate just the “afterglow” that he leaves behind him, it was enough to suggest what the full brilliancy of his presence must be (Exodus, 363; see also Job 26:14).
  65. Exodus 33:23 tn The Niphal imperfect could simply be rendered “will not be seen,” but given the emphasis of the preceding verses, it is more binding than that, and so a negated obligatory imperfect fits better: “it must not be seen.” It would also be possible to render it with a potential imperfect tense: “it cannot be seen.”
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Exodus 33
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33 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath(A) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’(B) 2 I will send an angel(C) before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.(D) 3 Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey.(E) But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked(F) people and I might destroy(G) you on the way.”

4 When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn(H) and no one put on any ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people.(I) If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy(J) you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’” 6 So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.(K)

The Tent of Meeting

7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.”(L) Anyone inquiring(M) of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. 8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents,(N) watching Moses until he entered the tent. 9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud(O) would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke(P) with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent.(Q) 11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face,(R) as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua(S) son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Moses and the Glory of the Lord

12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’(T) but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name(U) and you have found favor(V) with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways(W) so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”(X)

14 The Lord replied, “My Presence(Y) will go with you, and I will give you rest.”(Z)

15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence(AA) does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?(AB) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”(AC)

17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,(AD) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”(AE)

18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”(AF)

19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass(AG) in front of you, and I will proclaim my name,(AH) the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.(AI) 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see(AJ) me and live.”

21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock(AK) and cover you with my hand(AL) until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”

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