And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the peoplewhichthouhastbrought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the landwhich I swareuntoAbraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seedwill I give it:
For the LORD had saiduntoMoses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffneckedpeople: I willcome up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consumethee: therefore now put off thy ornamentsfromthee, that I may knowwhat to do untothee.
And Mosestook 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, thatevery one whichsought the LORDwent out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
And it came to pass, whenMoseswent out unto the tabernacle, that all the peoplerose up, and stoodevery man at his tentdoor, and lookedafterMoses, until he was goneinto the tabernacle.
And it came to pass, as Mosesenteredinto the tabernacle, the cloudypillardescended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORDtalkedwithMoses.
And the LORDspakeuntoMosesface to face, as a man speakethunto his friend. And he turnedagaininto the camp: but his servantJoshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
And Mosessaidunto the LORD, See, thousayestunto me, Bring up thispeople: and thouhast not let me knowwhomthouwiltsendwith me. Yet thouhastsaid, I knowthee by name, and thouhastalsofoundgrace in my sight.
Now therefore, I praythee, if I havefoundgrace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may knowthee, that I may findgrace in thy sight: and considerthatthisnation is thy people.
For whereinshall it be knownherethat I and thy peoplehavefoundgrace in thy sight? is it not in thatthougoestwith us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the peoplethat are upon the face of the earth.
And he said, I willmake all my goodnesspassbeforethee, and I willproclaim the name of the LORDbeforethee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and willshewmercy on whom I willshewmercy.