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Exodus Chapter 33 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you [1†]and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, [2†]‘To your descendants I will give it.’

² [3†]And I will send My Angel before you, [4†]and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

³ Go up [5†]to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest [6†]I consume you on the way, for you are [7†]a stiff-necked people.”

⁴ And when the people heard this bad news, [8†]they mourned, [9†]and no one put on his ornaments.

⁵ For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may [10†]know what to do to you.’ ”

⁶ So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

⁷ Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and [11†]called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who [12†]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 [13†]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 [14†]talked with Moses.

¹⁰ All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and [15†]worshiped, each man in his tent door.

¹¹ So [16†]the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but [17†]his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

¹² Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, [18†]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, [19†]‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’

¹³ Now therefore, I pray, [20†]if I have found grace in Your sight, [21†]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 [22†]Your people.”

¹⁴ And He said, [23†]“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you [24†]rest.”

¹⁵ Then he said to Him, [25†]“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, [26†]except You go with us? So we [27†]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, [28†]“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 [29†]Your glory.”

¹⁹ Then He said, “I will make all My [30†]goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. [31†]I will be gracious to whom I will be [32†]gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

²⁰ But He said, “You cannot see My face; for [33†]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 [34†]in the cleft of the rock, and will [35†]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 [36†]not be seen.”

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1	Then the LORD said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you [1†]and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, [2†]‘To your descendants I will give it.’
2	[3†]And I will send My Angel before you, [4†]and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
3	Go up [5†]to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest [6†]I consume you on the way, for you are [7†]a stiff-necked people.”
4	And when the people heard this bad news, [8†]they mourned, [9†]and no one put on his ornaments.
5	For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may [10†]know what to do to you.’ ”
6	So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
7	Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and [11†]called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who [12†]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 [13†]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 [14†]talked with Moses.
10	All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and [15†]worshiped, each man in his tent door.
11	So [16†]the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but [17†]his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
12	Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, [18†]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, [19†]‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’
13	Now therefore, I pray, [20†]if I have found grace in Your sight, [21†]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 [22†]Your people.”
14	And He said, [23†]“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you [24†]rest.”
15	Then he said to Him, [25†]“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, [26†]except You go with us? So we [27†]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, [28†]“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 [29†]Your glory.”
19	Then He said, “I will make all My [30†]goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. [31†]I will be gracious to whom I will be [32†]gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
20	But He said, “You cannot see My face; for [33†]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 [34†]in the cleft of the rock, and will [35†]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 [36†]not be seen.”