1 T he Lord said to Moses, “Go away from this place, you and the people you have brought out of the land of Egypt. Go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your children.’

And Jehovah said to Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, into the land that I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it,

2 I will send an angel before you. And I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

(and I will send an angel before thee, and dispossess the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,)

3 G o up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a strong-willed people and I might destroy you on the way.”

into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people,—lest I consume thee on the way.

4 W hen the people heard this bad news, they were filled with sorrow. None of them wore his objects of gold or silver.

And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.

5 F or the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a strong-willed people. If I go with you even for just a little time, I would destroy you. So take off your objects of gold and silver that I may know what to do with you.’”

Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee.

6 S o the people of Israel took off all their objects of gold and silver at Mount Horeb. Moses Meets with the Lord

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments at mount Horeb.

7 N ow Moses used to take the tent and set it up far away from the other tents. He called it the meeting tent. Anyone who wanted to meet with the Lord would go away from the other tents to the meeting tent.

And Moses took the tent, and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the Tent of meeting. And it came to pass every one who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.

8 W hen Moses went out to the tent, all the people would get up and stand at the doors of their tents. And they would watch Moses until he went into the meeting tent.

And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose up, and stood every man at the entrance of his tent, and they looked after Moses until he entered into the tent.

9 W henever Moses went into the meeting tent, the cloud would come down and stand at the door of the tent. And the Lord would speak with Moses.

And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and talked with Moses.

10 W hen all the people saw the cloud standing at the door of the meeting tent, they would stand up and worship, each at his tent door.

And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent; and all the people rose and worshipped, every man at the entrance of his tent.

11 T he Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the other tents, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not leave the meeting tent. God’s Promise to Be with His People

And Jehovah spoke with Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. And he returned to the camp; but his attendant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from within the tent.

12 M oses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Lead this people!’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You said, ‘I have known you by name. You have found favor in My eyes.’

And Moses said to Jehovah, Behold, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people; but thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me; and thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in mine eyes.

13 S o I pray to You, if I have found favor in Your eyes, let me know Your ways. Then I may know You and find favor in Your eyes. And keep in mind that this nation is Your people.”

And now, if indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, make me now to know thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thine eyes; and consider that this nation is thy people!

14 T he Lord said, “I Myself will go with you. I will give you rest.”

And he said, My presence shall go, and I will give thee rest.

15 T hen Moses said to Him, “If You Yourself do not go with us, do not have us leave this place.

And he said to him, If thy presence do not go, bring us not up hence.

16 F or how will it be known that I and Your people have found favor in Your eyes, unless You go with us? Then I and Your people will be different from all the other people on the earth.”

And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes—I and thy people? not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on the face of the earth.

17 T he Lord said to Moses, “I will do what you have said. For you have found favor in My eyes, and I have known you by name.”

And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast said; for thou hast found grace in mine eyes, and I know thee by name.

18 M oses said, “I pray to You, show me Your shining-greatness!”

And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.

19 A nd God said, “I will have My goodness pass in front of you. I will make the name of the Lord known in front of you. I will have loving-kindness and loving-pity for anyone I want to.”

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

20 B ut He said, “You cannot see My face. For no man can see Me and live!”

And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live.

21 T hen the Lord said, “See, there is a place beside Me. You stand there on the rock.

And Jehovah said, Behold, a place by me: there shalt thou stand on the rock.

22 W hile My shining-greatness is passing by, I will put you in the large crack of the rock. And I will cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

And it shall come to pass, when my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by.

23 T hen I will take My hand away and you will see My back. But My face will not be seen.”

And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.