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Éxodo 33
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Éxodo 33
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Dios promete estar presente
33 El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
«Anda, vete ya de aquí, con el pueblo que sacaste de Egipto, y llévalos a la tierra que prometí darles a Abrahán,(A) Isaac(B) y Jacob,(C) cuando dije: “Se la daré a tu descendencia.” 2 Yo enviaré un ángel para que vaya delante de ti, y expulsaré a los cananeos y a los amorreos, a los hititas y a los ferezeos, y a los jivitas y jebuseos. 3 Esa tierra fluye leche y miel. Pero yo no iré contigo, porque eres un pueblo de dura cerviz y bien podría yo consumirte en el camino.»
4 Cuando el pueblo se enteró de esta mala noticia, se vistieron de luto y ninguno se puso sus joyas. 5 Y es que el Señor le había dicho a Moisés: «Diles a los hijos de Israel: “Ustedes son un pueblo de dura cerviz. Si acaso los acompañara, en cualquier momento podría acabar con ustedes.” Así que, quítense ahora sus joyas, para que yo sepa lo que tengo que hacer.» 6 Y así, desde que partieron del monte Horeb los hijos de Israel se despojaron de sus joyas.
7 Moisés tomó el tabernáculo y lo plantó lejos, fuera del campamento, y lo llamó «Tabernáculo de Reunión». Todo el que buscaba al Señor iba hasta el tabernáculo de reunión, el cual estaba fuera del campamento. 8 Cada vez que Moisés iba al tabernáculo, todo el pueblo se levantaba y se quedaba de pie, a la entrada de su tienda, y seguían a Moisés con la mirada, hasta que él entraba en el tabernáculo. 9 Al entrar Moisés en el tabernáculo, la columna de nube descendía y se quedaba a la entrada del tabernáculo, y entonces el Señor hablaba con Moisés. 10 Y cuando todo el pueblo veía la columna de nube a la entrada del tabernáculo, se levantaba cada uno e iba a la entrada de su tienda para adorar. 11 Y el Señor hablaba con Moisés cara a cara, como habla cualquiera con su compañero. Después Moisés volvía al campamento, pero el joven Josué hijo de Nun, su servidor, nunca se apartaba del tabernáculo.
12 Moisés le dijo entonces al Señor:
«Mira, tú me has dicho: “Llévate de aquí a este pueblo”; pero no me has dicho a quién vas a enviar conmigo. Lejos de eso, insistes: “Yo te conozco. Sé quién eres, y te has ganado mi favor.” 13 Ahora bien, si en verdad me he ganado tu favor, te ruego que me hagas saber qué planes tienes. Así sabré si en verdad me he ganado tu favor. ¡Toma en cuenta que esta gente es tu pueblo!»
14 Y el Señor le dijo:
«Mi presencia irá contigo, y te haré descansar.»
15 Pero Moisés respondió:
«Si tú no vas a venir conmigo, no nos saques de aquí. 16 ¿Cómo vamos a saber tu pueblo y yo que en verdad me he ganado tu favor? ¡Lo sabremos sólo si vienes con nosotros, y sólo si tu pueblo y yo somos apartados de todos los pueblos que hay sobre la faz de la tierra!»
17 El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
«Tan cierto es que te has ganado mi favor, y que te conozco por nombre, que voy a hacer lo que me has pedido.»
18 Entonces Moisés dijo:
«Te ruego que me muestres tu gloria.»
19 Y el Señor le respondió:
«Voy a hacer que todo mi bien pase delante de ti, y delante de ti voy a proclamar mi nombre, que es EL SEÑOR. Porque soy misericordioso con quien quiero ser misericordioso, y soy clemente con quien quiero ser clemente.»(D)
20 El señor dijo también:
«Mi rostro no podrás verlo, porque nadie puede ver mi rostro y seguir viviendo.»
21 Y añadió:
«¡Mira! Aquí en la roca, junto a mí, hay un lugar. Quédate allí; 22 y cuando pase mi gloria, yo te pondré en una hendidura de la roca y te cubriré con mi mano mientras paso. 23 Después de eso apartaré mi mano, y podrás ver mis espaldas, pero no mi rostro.»
Exodus 33
New International Version
Exodus 33
New International Version
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.”
Exodus 33
English Standard Version
Exodus 33
English Standard Version
The Command to Leave Sinai
33 The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you (A)and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To (B)your offspring I will give it.’ 2 I will send an (C)angel before you, (D)and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3 (E)Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; (F)but I will not go up among you, (G)lest I consume you on the way, for you are a (H)stiff-necked people.”
4 When the people heard this disastrous word, they (I)mourned, and (J)no one put on his ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a (K)stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would (L)consume you. So now (M)take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” 6 Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.
The Tent of Meeting
7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and (N)he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who (O)sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. 8 Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and (P)each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. 9 When Moses entered the tent, the (Q)pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord[a] would speak with Moses. 10 And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door. 11 Thus (R)the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his (S)assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Moses' Intercession
12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, (T)you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, (U)‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please (V)show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is (W)your people.” 14 And he said, (X)“My presence will go with you, and (Y)I will give you rest.” 15 And he said to him, (Z)“If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? (AA)Is it not in your going with us, (AB)so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, (AC)for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Please (AD)show me your glory.” 19 And he said, (AE)“I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And (AF)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for (AG)man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a (AH)cleft of the rock, and I will (AI)cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall (AJ)not be seen.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 33:9 Hebrew he
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