Exodus 33:7–23
Now Moses took a tent and set it up
outside the camp, far away from the camp;he called it the tent of meeting.
Anyone who wanted to consult the LORD would go to the tent of meeting that was
outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would
stand up, each one at the door of his tent, and they would watch Moses until he
entered the tent. When Moses entered the tent,
the
pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance to the tent, and
[the LORD] would speak with Moses. As all the people saw the pillar of cloud
remaining at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up, then bow in
worship, each one at the door of his tent. The LORD spoke with Moses face to
face, just as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the
camp, but his assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the
inside of the tent.
The
LORD’s Glory
Moses said to the LORD, "Look,
You have told me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You
will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor
in My sight.’ Now if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, please teach me
Your ways, and I will know You and find favor in Your sight. Now consider that
this nation is Your people."
Then He replied, "My presence
will go [with you], and I will give you rest." "If Your presence does
not go," Moses responded to Him, "don’t make us go up from here. How
will it be known that I and Your people have found favor in Your sight unless
You go with us? I and Your people will be distinguished [by this] from all the
other people on the face of the earth."
The LORD answered Moses, "I
will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight,
and I know you by name."
Then Moses said, "Please, let
me see Your glory." He said, "I will cause all My goodness to pass in
front of you, and I will proclaim the name Yahweh before you. I will be
gracious to whom I will begracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion." But He answered, "You cannot see My face, for no
one can see Me and live." The LORD said, "Here is a place near Me.
You are to stand on the rock, and when My glory passes by, I will put you in
the crevice of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then
I will take My hand away, and you will see My back, but My face will not be
seen." (HCS)
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