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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses , `Go, ascend from this [place], thou and the people, whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt , unto the land which I have sworn to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob , saying, To thy seed I give it,'
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(and I have sent before thee a messenger , and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite , and the Perizzite, the Hivite , and the Jebusite,)
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unto a land flowing with milk and honey , for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou [art] a stiff-necked people -- lest I consume thee in the way .'
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And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn ; and none put his ornaments on him.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses , `Say unto the sons of Israel , Ye [are] a stiff-necked people; one moment -- I come up into thy midst, and have consumed thee; and now, put down thine ornaments from off thee, and I know what I do to thee;'
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and the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at mount Horeb.
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And Moses taketh the tent , and hath stretched it out at the outside of the camp , afar off from the camp , and hath called it, `tent of Meeting;' and it hath come to pass, every one seeking Jehovah goeth out unto the tent of meeting, which [is] at the outside of the camp .
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And it hath come to pass, at the going out of Moses unto the tent , all the people rise , and have stood, each at the opening of his tent , and have looked expectingly after Moses , until his going into the tent .
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And it hath come to pass, at the going in of Moses to the tent , the pillar of the cloud cometh down , and hath stood at the opening of the tent , and He hath spoken with Moses ;
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and all the people have seen the pillar of the cloud standing at the opening of the tent , and all the people have risen and bowed themselves, each at the opening of his tent .
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And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face , as a man speaketh unto his friend ; and he hath turned back unto the camp , and his minister Joshua , son of Nun, a youth , departeth not out of the tent .
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And Moses saith unto Jehovah , `See , Thou art saying unto me, Bring up this people, and Thou hast not caused me to know whom Thou dost send with me; and Thou hast said , I have known thee by name , and also thou hast found grace in Mine eyes .
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`And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes , cause me to know , I pray Thee, Thy way , and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes , and consider that this nation [is] Thy people ;'
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and He saith , `My presence doth go , and I have given rest to thee.'
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And he saith unto Him, `If Thy presence is not going -- take us not up from this [place];
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and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes -- I and Thy people -- is it not in Thy going with us ? and we have been distinguished -- I and Thy people -- from all the people who [are] on the face of the ground .'
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses , `Even this thing which thou hast spoken I do; for thou hast found grace in Mine eyes , and I know thee by name .'
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And he saith , `Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;'
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and He saith , `I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face , and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'
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He saith also, `Thou art unable to see My face , for man doth not see Me, and live;'
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Jehovah also saith , `Lo, a place [is] by Me, and thou hast stood on the rock ,
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and it hath come to pass , in the passing by of Mine honour, that I have set thee in a cleft of the rock , and spread out My hands over thee, until My passing by,
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and I have turned aside My hands , and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen .'