Shamut 33

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said unto Mushah, "Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Mitzrayim, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Yitzchaq, and to Ya'aqob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:"

"And I will send a Malakh before thee; and I will drive out the Kena'anite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Yebusite:"

"Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way."

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had said unto Mushah, "Say unto the children of Yashar'al, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee."

And the children of Yashar'al stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

And Mushah 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

And it came to pass, when Mushah went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Mushah, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

And it came to pass, as Mushah entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 talked with Mushah.

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.

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spake unto Mushah face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Yahushua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

And Mushah said unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, "See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight."

"Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people."

And he said, "My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest."

And he said unto him, "If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence."

"For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth."

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said unto Mushah, "I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name."

And he said, "I beseech thee, shew me thy glory."

And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy."

And he said, "Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live."

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:"

"And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:"

"And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen."