1 And Jehovah said to Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, into the land that I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it,
2 (and I will send an angel before thee, and dispossess the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,)
3 into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, -lest I consume thee on the way.
4 And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.
5 Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments at mount Horeb.
7 And Moses took the tent, and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the Tent of meeting. And it came to pass {that} every one who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose up, and stood every man at the entrance of his tent, and they looked after Moses until he entered into the tent.
9 And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and {Jehovah} talked with Moses.
10 And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent; and all the people rose and worshipped, every man at the entrance of his tent.
11 And Jehovah spoke with Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. And he returned to the camp; but his attendant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from within the tent.
12 And Moses said to Jehovah, Behold, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people; but thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me; and thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in mine eyes.
13 And now, if indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, make me now to know thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thine eyes; and consider that this nation is thy people!
14 And he said, My presence shall go, and I will give thee rest.
15 And he said to him, If thy presence do not go, bring us not up hence.
16 And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes-I and thy people? {Is it} not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on the face of the earth.
17 And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast said; for thou hast found grace in mine eyes, and I know thee by name.
18 And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.
19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live.
21 And Jehovah said, Behold, {there is} a place by me: there shalt thou stand on the rock.
22 And it shall come to pass, when my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by.
23 And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.
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。"