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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , Go, go··up from hence, thou◦ and the people which thou hast made to come··up out of the land of Egypt , to▵ the land which I promised to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob , saying, To thy seed will I give it;
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and I will send before thee an angel ; and I will drive··out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite , and the Perizzite, the Hivite , and the Jebusite;
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to▵ a land flowing with milk and honey ; for I will not go··up in the midst◦ of thee; for a stiff necked◦ people art thou◦; lest I should consume· thee ·all in the way .
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And the people heard this evil word , and they mourned ; and they put not any man ◦ his decoration upon him.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses , Say to▵ the sons of Israel , You◦ are a stiff necked◦ people; I will come··up into the midst◦ of thee in one moment, and will consume· thee ·all; and now bring··down thine decorations from on thee, and I shall know what I will do to thee.
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And the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their decoration, by Mount Horeb*.
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And Moses took the tent , and stretched it for himself outside the camp , to be··far··away from the camp ; and he called it the tent of the congregation ◦. And it was, that everyone seeking Jehovah went··out to▵ the tent of the congregation ◦ that was outside the camp .
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And it was, as Moses went··out to▵ the tent , all the people rose ··up, and each··man ◦ stood··up at the entrance of his tent , and looked behind Moses , until he came ··into the tent .
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And it was, as Moses came ··into the tent , the pillar of cloud went··down , and stood at the entrance of the tent , and spoke with Moses .
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And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent ; and all the people rose ··up and bowed · themselves ·down, each··man ◦ at the entrance of his tent .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses face to▵ face , as◦ a man ◦ speaks to his companion . And he returned to the camp ; and his minister Joshua the son of Nun, a lad , departed not from the midst of the tent .
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And Moses said to Jehovah , See , Thou sayest to me, Make this people come up; and Thou hast· not ·made··known to me whom Thou wilt send with me. And Thou hast said , I know thee by name , and thou hast· also ·found grace in My eyes .
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And now, I pray◦, if I have found grace in Thine eyes , make··known to me, I pray◦, Thy way , that I may know Thee, because I have found grace in Thine eyes ; and see that this nation is Thy people .
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And He said , My faces shall go , and I will give thee rest.
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And he said to Him, If Thy faces go not, do not make us go up from hence.
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And in what shall it then◦ become··known that I have··found grace in Thine eyes , I and Thy people? is it not in Thy going with us ? And we shall be set··apart , I◦ and Thy people, above all the people that are on the faces of the ground.
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And Jehovah said to Moses , I will do this word also that thou hast spoken ; because thou hast··found grace in My eyes , and I know thee by name .
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And he said , Make me see , I pray◦, Thy glory.
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And He said , I will make all My goodness to pass upon thy faces , and will proclaim in the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be··gracious to whom I am··gracious, and I will have··compassion with◦ whom I have··compassion.
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And He said , Thou art· not ·able to see My faces ; for man shall not see Me and live.
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And Jehovah said , Behold, a place with◦ Me, and thou shalt stand ··up on the rock ;
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and it shall be when My glory passes··by, that I will set thee in a cleft of the rock , and will shelter with My palm over thee, until I have passed ··by.
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And I will remove the palm of My hand, and thou shalt see My back; and My faces shall not be seen .