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The
Golden Calf (continued)
33:1 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:
33:2 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:
33:3 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.
33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they
mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
33:5 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.
33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of
their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
The Tent of Meeting
33:7 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.
33:8 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.
33:9 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.
33:10 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.
33:11 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.
Moses and the Glory of
the Lord
33:12 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.
33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in
thy sight, show 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.
33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I
will give thee rest.
33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me,
carry us not up hence.
33:16 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.
33:17 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.
33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.
33:19 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
show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there
shall no man see me, and live.
33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me,
and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by,
that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover
thee with my hand while I pass by:
33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my
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