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And the Lord said to Moses , Go forward from this place, you and the people whom you have taken up out of the land of Egypt , to that land about which I made an oath to Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , saying, To your seed will I give it.
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And I will send an angel before you, driving out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite:
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Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey ; but I will not Go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way .
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Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief , and no one put on his ornaments.
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And the Lord said to Moses , Say to the children of Israel , You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.
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So the children of Israel took off their ornaments at Mount Horeb , and did not put them on again.
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Now it was Moses ' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the Tent -circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the Tent -circle.
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And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his Tent , looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent .
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And whenever Moses went into the Tent , the pillar of cloud came down , and took its place by the door of the Tent , as long as the Lord was talking with Moses .
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And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent , and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his Tent .
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And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face , as a man may have talk with his friend . And when Moses came back to the tents , his servant, the young man Joshua , the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent .
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And Moses said to the Lord , See , you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said , I have knowledge of you by name , and you have grace in my eyes .
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If then I have grace in your eyes , let me see your ways , so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people .
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And he said , I myself will go with you and give you rest.
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And Moses said , If you yourself are not going with us , do not send us on from here.
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For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes , so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?
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And the Lord said to Moses , I will do as you say : for you have grace in my eyes , and I have knowledge of you by your name .
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And Moses said , O Lord, let me see your glory.
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And he said , I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy.
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But it is not possible for you to see my face , for no man may see me and still go on living.
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And the Lord said , See , there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock :
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And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock , covering you with my hand till I have gone past:
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Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back: but my face is not to be seen .