Chapter 33
1 The LORD spoke to Moses , " Depart , go up from here , you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt , to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac , and to Jacob , saying , ‘ I will give it to your offspring .’
2 I will send an angel before you ; and I will drive out the Canaanite , the Amorite, and the Hittite , and the Perizzite , the Hivite , and the Jebusite .
3 Go to a land flowing with milk and honey ; but I will not go up amongst you , for you are a stiff-necked people , lest I consume you on the way ."
4 When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewellery.
5 The LORD had said to Moses , " Tell the children of Israel , ‘ You are a stiff-necked people . If I were to go up amongst you for one moment , I would consume you . Therefore now take off your jewellery from you , that I may know what to do to you .’"
6 The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewellery from Mount Horeb onward.
7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp , far away from the camp , and he called it " The Tent of Meeting ." Everyone who sought the LORD went out to the Tent of Meeting , which was outside the camp .
8 When Moses went out to the Tent, all the people rose up , and stood , everyone at their tent door , and watched Moses , until he had gone into the Tent.
9 When Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended , stood at the door of the Tent, and the LORD spoke with Moses .
10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshipped , everyone at their tent door .
11 The LORD spoke to Moses face to face , as a man speaks to his friend . He turned again into the camp , but his servant Joshua , the son of Nun , a young man , didn’t depart from the Tent.
12 Moses said to the LORD , " Behold , you tell me , ‘ Bring up this people ;’ and you haven’t let me know whom you will send with me . Yet you have said, ‘ I know you by name , and you have also found favour in my sight .’
13 Now therefore , if I have found favour in your sight , please show me your way , now , that I may know you , so that I may find favour in your sight ; and consider that this nation is your people ."
14 He said, " My presence will go with you , and I will give you rest ."
15 Moses said to him , "If your presence doesn’t go with me , don’t carry us up from here .
16 For how would people know that I have found favour in your sight , I and your people ? Isn’t it that you go with us , so that we are separated , I and your people , from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?"
17 The LORD said to Moses , " I will do this thing also that you have spoken ; for you have found favour in my sight , and I know you by name ."
18 Moses said, " Please show me your glory ."
19 He said , " I will make all my goodness pass before you , and will proclaim the LORD ’s name before you . I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious , and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy ."
20 He said, " You cannot see my face , for man may not see me and live ."
21 The LORD also said, " Behold , there is a place by me , and you shall stand on the rock .
22 It will happen , while my glory passes by , that I will put you in a cleft of the rock , and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by ;
23 then I will take away my hand , and you will see my back ; but my face shall not be seen ."