¹ And the LORD said to Moses, Depart, and go up far from here, you and the people which you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto your seed will I give it ² And 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 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you for you are a stiffnecked people: in case I consume you in the way. ⁴ And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. ⁵ For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, you are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do to you. ⁶ And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 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 to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. ⁸ And it came to pass, when Moses went out to 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. 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. 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. ¹¹ And the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to 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. ¹² And Moses said to the LORD, See, you say to me, Bring up this people: and you have not let me know who you will send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you have also found grace in my sight. ¹³ Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found grace in your sight, show me now your way, that I may know you, that I may find grace in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people. ¹⁴ And he said, My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. ¹⁵ And he said to him, If your presence go not with me, carry us not up far from here. ¹⁶ For in which will it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? is it not in that you go with us? so will we be separated, I and your people, from all the people that are on the face of the earth. ¹⁷ And the LORD said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in my sight, and I know you by name. ¹⁸ And he said, I beg you, show me your glory. ¹⁹ And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to who I will be gracious, and will show mercy on who I will show mercy. ²⁰ And he said, you can't see my face: for there will no man see me, and live. ²¹ And the LORD said, See, there is a place by me, and you will stand on a rock ²² And it will come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a clift of the rock, and will cover you with my hand while I pass by ²³ And I will take away mine hand, and you will see my back parts: but my face will not be seen.