Exodus Chapter 33

Exodus Chapter 33
1 Afterward the Lord said unto Moses,
Depart, go up from hence, thou, and the
people (which thou hast brought up out
of the land of Egypt) unto the land which
I swear unto Abraham, to Isaac and to
Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give
it.
2 And I will send an angel before thee
and will cast out the Canaanites, the
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
3 To a land, I say, that floweth with milk
and honey: for I will not go up with thee,
because thou art a stiff-necked people,
lest I consume thee in the way. 4 And
when the people heard this evil tidings,
they sorrowed, and no man put on his
best raiment.
5 (For the Lord had said to Moses, Say
unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked
people, I will come suddenly
upon thee, and consume thee: therefore
now put thy costly raiment from thee,
that I may know what to do unto thee)
6 So the children of Israel laid their
good raiment from them, after Moses
came down from the mount Horeb.
7 Then Moses took his tabernacle, and
pitched it without the host far off from
the host, and called it Ohel-moed. And
when any did seek to the Lord, he went
out unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, which was without the
host. 8 And when Moses went out unto
the tabernacle, all the people rose up,
and stood every man at his tent door, and
looked after Moses, until he was gone
into the tabernacle.
9 And as soon as Moses was entered
into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar
descended and stood at the door of the
tabernacle, and the Lord talked with
Moses.
10 Now when all the people saw the
cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle
door, all the people rose up, and
worshiped every man in his tent door. 11
And the Lord spake unto Moses, face to
face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
After he turned again into the host, but
his servant Joshua the son of Nun a
young man, departed not out of the
tabernacle.
12 Then Moses said unto the Lord, See,
thou sayest unto me, Lead this people
forth, and thou hast not showed me
whom thou wilt send with me: thou hast
said moreover, I know thee by name, and
thou hast also found grace in my sight.
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have
found favor in thy sight, show me now
thy way, that I may know thee, and that I
may find grace in thy sight: consider also
that this nation is thy people.
14 And he answered, My presence shall
go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15 Then he said unto him, If thy presence
go not with us, carry us not hence. 16
And wherein now shall it be known, that
I and thy people have found favor in thy
sight? Shall it not be when thou goest
with us? So I, and thy people shall have
preeminence before all the people that
are upon the earth. 17 And the Lord said
unto Moses, I will do this also that thou
hast said: for thou hast found grace in my
sight, and I know thee by name.
18 Again he said, I beseech thee, show
me thy glory.
19 And he answered, I will make all my
good go before thee, and I will proclaim
the Name of the Lord before thee: for I
will show mercy to whom I will show
mercy, and will have compassion on
whom I will have compassion. 20
Furthermore he said, Thou canst not see
my face, for there shall no man see me,
and live.
21 Also the Lord said, Behold, there is
a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon
the rock:
22 And while my glory passeth by, I will
put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will
cover thee with mine hand whiles I pass
by.
23 After I will take away mine hand, and
thou shalt see my back parts: but my face
shall not be seen.