1 耶和华对摩西说： "你和你从埃及地领出来的人民要离开这里， 上我曾经起誓应许给亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的地去， 我曾应许： ‘我要把这地赐给你的后裔。’ 2 我要差派使者在你前面； 我要把迦南人、亚摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人赶出去， 3 你们要上那流奶与蜜的地方去； 我不与你们一同上去， 因为你们是硬着颈项的人民， 免得我在路上把你们消灭。" 4 人民一听见这凶信， 就悲伤起来， 也没有人穿戴装饰。 5 耶和华对摩西说： "你要对以色列人说： ‘你们是硬着颈项的民； 我若是霎时间与你们同行， 我会把你们消灭的； 所以， 现在你们要把你们身上的装饰脱下来， 使我知道我要怎样处置你们。’" 6 于是， 以色列人从何烈山以后， 就把身上的装饰脱下来。 7 摩西一向把会幕支搭在营外， 离营远些； 摩西称它为会幕。凡是寻求耶和华的， 就出到营外的会幕那里去。 8 摩西出营到会幕去的时候， 全体的人民都起来， 各人站在自己帐幕的门口， 望着摩西， 直到他进了会幕。 9 摩西进会幕的时候， 就有云柱降下来， 停在会幕门口上面； 耶和华就与摩西谈话。 10 全体的人民看见了云柱停在会幕门口上面， 就都起来， 各人在自己帐幕的门口下拜。 11 耶和华与摩西面对面说话， 好像人对朋友说话一样。然后， 摩西回到营里去， 只有他的侍从， 一个少年人， 就是嫩的儿子约书亚， 不离开会幕。 12 摩西对耶和华说： "看， 你吩咐我说： ‘把这百姓领上去’， 可是你却没有让我知道你要差派谁与我同去； 只是你曾经说过： ‘我按着你的名字认识你， 你在我眼前也蒙了恩。’ 13 现在我若是在你眼前蒙恩， 求你把你的道路指示我， 使我可以认识你， 可以在你眼前蒙恩； 也求你想到这民族是你的人民。" 14 耶和华说： "我必亲自与你同去， 也必给你安息。" 15 摩西对他说： "你若是不亲自与我们同去， 就不要把我们从这里领上去。 16 人在什么事上可以知道我和你的人民在你眼前蒙恩呢？不是因为你与我们同去， 使我和你的人民可以和地上所有的人有分别吗？" 17 耶和华对摩西说： "你所说的这件事我也要作， 因为你在我眼前蒙恩， 并且我按着你的名字认识了你。" 18 摩西说： "求你给我看看你的荣耀。" 19 耶和华说： "我要使我的一切美善都在你面前经过， 并且要把我的名字耶和华在你面前宣告出来； 我要恩待谁， 就恩待谁； 我要怜悯谁， 就怜悯谁。" 20 他又说： "你不能看我的脸， 因为没有人看见了我还能活着。" 21 耶和华说： "看哪， 我这里有个地方， 你要站在磐石上。 22 我的荣耀经过的时候， 我要把你放在磐石隙中， 我要用我的手掌遮盖你， 直到我过去了。 23 然后， 我要收回我的手掌， 你就会看见我的背后， 却不能看见我的脸。"

1 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,`2 (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,)3 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.`4 And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.5 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;`6 and the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at mount Horeb.7 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.8 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.9 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;10 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.11 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.12 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.13 `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;`14 and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.`15 And he saith unto Him, `If Thy presence is not going -- take us not up from this [place];16 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.`17 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.`18 And he saith, `Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;`19 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.`20 He saith also, `Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;`21 Jehovah also saith, `Lo, a place [is] by Me, and thou hast stood on the rock,22 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,23 and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.`