Moses Meets with the Lord

⁷ Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and ^(A)called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who ^(B)sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. ⁸ So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood ^(C)at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle. ⁹ And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord ^(D)talked with Moses. ¹⁰ All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and ^(E)worshiped, each man in his tent door. ¹¹ So ^(F)the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but ^(G)his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

The Promise of God’s Presence

¹² Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, ^(H)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, ^(I)‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ ¹³ Now therefore, I pray, ^(J)if I have found grace in Your sight, ^(K)show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is ^(L)Your people.”

¹⁴ And He said, ^(M)“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you ^(N)rest.”

¹⁵ Then he said to Him, ^(O)“If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. ¹⁶ For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, ^(P)except You go with us? So we ^(Q)shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

¹⁷ So the Lord said to Moses, ^(R)“I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

¹⁸ And he said, “Please, show me ^(S)Your glory.”

¹⁹ Then He said, “I will make all My ^(T)goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. ^(U)I will be gracious to whom I will be ^(V)gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” ²⁰ But He said, “You cannot see My face; for ^(W)no man shall see Me, and live.” ²¹ And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. ²² So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you ^(X)in the cleft of the rock, and will ^(Y)cover you with My hand while I pass by. ²³ Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall ^(Z)not be seen.”

The Ten Commandments Reviewed^(A)

5 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them. ^2 (B)The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. ³ The Lord ^(C)did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive. ^4 (D)The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire. ^5 (E)I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for ^(F)you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. He said:

Jesus Restores Peter

¹⁵ So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of ^[a]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ^[b]love You.”

He said to him, ^(A)“Feed My lambs.”

¹⁶ He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of ^[c]Jonah, do you love Me?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ^[d]love You.”

^(B)He said to him, “Tend My ^(C)sheep.”

¹⁷ He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of ^[e]Jonah, do you ^[f]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”

And he said to Him, “Lord, ^(D)You know all things; You know that I love You.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. ^18 (E)Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” ¹⁹ This He spoke, signifying ^(F)by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, ^(G)“Follow Me.”

The Beloved Disciple and His Book

²⁰ Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple ^(H)whom Jesus loved following, ^(I)who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” ²¹ Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?”

²² Jesus said to him, “If I ^[g]will that he remain ^(J)till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.”

²³ Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?”

²⁴ This is the disciple who ^(K)testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

^25 (L)And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, ^(M)I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

The New Jerusalem^(A)

⁹ Then one of ^(B)the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came ^[a]to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^(C)the ^[b]bride, the Lamb’s wife.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away ^(D)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(E)the ^[c]great city, the ^[d]holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, ^11 (F)having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. ¹² Also she had a great and high wall with ^(G)twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: ^13 (H)three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

¹⁴ Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and ^(I)on them were the ^[e]names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵ And he who talked with me ^(J)had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶ The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand ^[f]furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. ¹⁷ Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. ¹⁸ The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. ^19 (K)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. ²¹ The twelve gates were twelve ^(L)pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. ^(M)And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

The Glory of the New Jerusalem

^22 (N)But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ^23 (O)The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine ^[g]in it, for the ^[h]glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. ^24 (P)And the nations ^[i]of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor ^[j]into it. ^25 (Q)Its gates shall not be shut at all by day ^(R)(there shall be no night there). ^26 (S)And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into ^[k]it. ²⁷ But ^(T)there shall by no means enter it anything ^[l]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^(U)Book of Life.