1: And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou
and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the
land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed
will I give it: |
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2: And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite: |
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Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the
midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the
way. |
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4: And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man
did put on him his ornaments. |
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5: For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye
are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and
consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know
what to do unto thee. |
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6: And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by
the mount Horeb. |
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7: And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar
off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came
to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of
the congregation, which was without the camp. |
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8: And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all
the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after
Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. |
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9: And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy
pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked
with Moses. |
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10: And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle
door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
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11: And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto
his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son
of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. |
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12: And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this
people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast
said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. |
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13: Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew
me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and
consider that this nation is thy people. |
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14: And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
rest. |
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15: And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up
hence. |
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16: For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found
grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be
separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the
earth. |
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17: And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou
hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
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18: And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. |
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19: And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will
proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will
be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. |
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20: And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see
me, and live. |
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21: And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt
stand upon a rock: |
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22: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put
thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
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23: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but
my face shall not be seen. |