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And it came to pass that YHVHa said unto Moses and Zipporah: Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, the land which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it;
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And I will send my angela before thee, and I will drive 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 will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee in the way.
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And ye shall say unto my children, Israel: Ye are a stiff-necked people; I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment and consume thee; therefore, now put off thy ornamentsa from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
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¶ And it came to pass that when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no one did put on them their ornaments; and so it was that Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the Mount.
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And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the Congregationa.
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And it came to pass that everyone which sought YHVH went out unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, which was without the camp.
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And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tabernaclea, that all the people rose up, and stood everyone at their tent door, and looked after Moses until he was gone into the Tabernacle.
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And it came to pass that as Moses entered the Tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended and stood at the door of the Tabernacle; and there YHVH talked with Moses.
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And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the Tabernacle door; and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone in their tent door.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH spoke unto Moses face to facea, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
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And Moses turned again into the camp; but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tabernacle.
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And Moses said unto YHVH: See, thou sayest unto me, and unto Zipporah my wife: Bring up this peoplea; and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me;
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Yet thou hast said: I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight;
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Now, therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show 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.
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And Moses said: If thy Presence go not with me, carry us not up hence;
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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?
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So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
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And YHVH said unto Moses: I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
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And Moses said: I beseech thee, show me thy Glory.
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And the Voice said: I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of YHVH before thee, and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
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Thou canst not see my facea at this time, lest mine anger be kindled against thee also and I destroy thee and thy people:
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For there shall no one among them see me at this time and live, for they are exceedingly sinful,
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And no sinful man or woman hath at any time, neither shall there be any sinful man or woman at any time, that shall see my Face and live.
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¶ And YHVH said: Behold, thou shalt stand upon a rock, and I will prepare a place by me for thee.
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And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of a rock and cover thee with my hand while I pass by.
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And I will take away mine hand; and thou shalt see my back parts, but my face shall not be seen, as at other times; for I am angry with my people, Israel.