The Lord Shows Moses His Glory |
Exodus 33:1-23 The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus |
The Lord said to Moses, Depart & go up with the [Israelites] you had brought out of the land of Egypt, to [go to] the land [that] I swore to Abraham, Isaac & Jacob saying, I will give it to your [descendants.] |
And I will send an Angel before you & I will drive out the Canaanite, Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite & the Jebusite, to [go to] a land flowing with milk & honey; for I will not go up in [your] midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked [stubborn] people. |
The people mourned when they heard [this] evil [news] & no one put on his ornaments, because the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked [stubborn] people & I will come up into your midst in a moment & consume you. |
Therefore, [take] off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you. The children [people] of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb [a.k.a. Mount Sinai.] Moses took the tabernacle & pitched it [outside] the camp, [far] from [it] & called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. |
It [happened,] that everyone [who] sought the Lord, went out to the Tabernacle of the congregation [outside] the camp. It [happened,] that the people [would rise] up & [stand] in their tent door whenever Moses [went] into the tabernacle. |
It [happened,] as Moses entered the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended & stood at the door of the tabernacle & the Lord talked with Moses. And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door & all the people rose up & [everyone] worshiped in [their] tent door. |
The Lord [spoke] face to face [with] Moses, [like] a man speaks to his friend. [Moses] returned to camp, but his servant, Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart [from] the tabernacle. |
Moses said to the Lord, See, You said to me, Bring up this people, [but] you have not let me know [whom] you will send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name & you have also found grace in My sight. |
Therefore, if I have now found grace in Your sight, I pray [that] You show me Your way now, [so] that I may know You & I may find grace in Your sight & consider that this nation is Your people. [The Lord God] said to [Moses,] My Presence shall go with you & I will give you rest. |
[Moses] said, If Your presence [doesn’t] go up with us, [don’t send] us up [from here.] [How] shall it be known that Your people & I have found grace in Your sight? [If] You [don’t] go with us, [what will set us apart] from all the [other] people on the face of the earth? |
The Lord said to Moses, I will also do this thing that you have spoken, [because] you have found grace in My sight & I know you by name. Moses [asked the Lord,] I [urge] You, [to] show me Your glory. [The Lord] said, I will make all My goodness pass before you & I will proclaim the Name of the Lord before you. |
And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious & I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. [The Lord] said, You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me & live. The Lord said, [Look,] there is a place by Me & you shall stand upon a rock. |
[It happened,] while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the [cleft] of the rock & [I] will cover you with My hand while I pass by. [Then] I will take away [My] hand & you will see My back parts, but My face shall not be seen. |