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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.
