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The LORD spoke to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’

I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”

When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.

The LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.’”

The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.” Everyone who sought the LORD went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.

When Moses went out to the Tent, all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.

When Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and the LORD spoke with Moses.

All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone at their tent door.

The LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.

Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring up this people;’ and you haven’t let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’

Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider that this nation is your people.”

He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Moses said to him, “If your presence doesn’t go with me, don’t carry us up from here.

For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”

The LORD said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the LORD’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

The LORD also said, “Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.

It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;

then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”

وقالَ الرَّبُّ لِموسى: «إِنْطَلِقْ فٱصعَدْ مِن هٰهُنا، أَنتَ والشَّعبُ الَّذي أَصعَدتَه مِن أَرضِ مِصْر، إِلى الأَرضِ الَّتي أَقسَمتُ لإِبْراهيمَ وإِسحٰقَ ويَعْقوبَ قائلًا: لِنَسلِكَ أُعْطيها

وَأَنَا أُرْسِلُ أَمَامَكَ مَلاَكًا، وَأَطْرُدُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

أُدخِلُكَ إِلى أَرضٍ تَدُرُّ لَبَنًا حَليبًا وعَسَلًا. وأَمَّا أَنا لا أَصعَدُ في وَسْطِكم، لِأَنَّكم شَعْبٌ قُساةُ الرِّقاب، لِئَلَّا أُفنِيَكُم في الطَّريق»

فلَمَّا سَمِعَ الشَّعبُ هٰذا الكَلامَ المُرّ، حَزِنَ ولم يَجْعَلْ أَحَدٌ زينَتَه علَيه

فقالَ الرَّبُّ لِموسى: «قُلْ لِبَني إِسْرائيل: إِنَّكَ شَعبٌ قاسي الرِّقاب، فإِذا صَعِدتُ في وَسْطِكَ لَحظَةً واحِدة، أَفنَيتُكَ. والآن فٱنزِعْ عنكَ زِينَتَكَ، فأَعلَمَ ما أَصنَعُ بِكَ»

فَنَزَع بَنو إِسْرائيلَ زينَتَهمُ ٱبتِداءً مِن جَبَلِ حوريب

وأَخَذَ موسى الخَيمة فنَصَبَها لَه خارِجَ المُخَيَّم، بَعيدًا عنِ المُخَيَّم، وسَمَّاها خَيمَةَ المَوعِد. فكانَ كُلُّ طالِبٍ لِلرَّبِّ يَخرُجُ إِلى خَيمةِ المَوعِدِ الَّتي في خارِجِ المُخَيَّم

وكانَ موسى، إِذا خَرَجَ إِلى الخَيمَة، يَقومُ الشَّعبُ كُلُّه ويَقِفُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ على بابِ خَيمَتِه ويَنظُرُ إِلى موسى حتَّى يَدخُلَ الخَيمة

وكانَ موسى، إِذا دَخَلَ الخَيمة، يَنزِلُ عَمودُ الغَمامِ ويَقِفُ على بابِ الخَيمة، وكانَ الرَّبُّ يُكَلِّمُ موسى

وكانَ، إِذا رأَى كُلُّ الشَّعبِ عَمودَ الغَمامِ واقِفًا على بابِ الخَيمَة، يَقومُ بِأَجمَعِه ويَسجُدُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ على بابِ خَيمَتِه

ويُكَلِّمُ الرَّبُّ موسى وَجهًا إِلى وَجْه، كَما يُكَلِّمُ المَرءُ صَديقَه. وإِذا رَجَعَ إِلى المُخَيَّم، كانَ مساعِدُه يَشوعُ بنُ نونٍ الفَتى لا يَبرَحُ مِن داخِلِ الخَيمَة

وقالَ موسى لِلرَّبّ: «أُنظُرْ، قد قُلتَ لي: أَصعِدْ هٰذا الشَّعب، ولم تُعَرِّفْني مَن تُرسِلُ معي، وأَنتَ قد قُلتَ: إِنِّي عَرَفتُكَ بِٱسمِكَ ونِلتَ حُظوَةً في عَينَيَّ

فالآن، إِن كُنتُ قد نِلتُ حُظوَةً في عَينَيكَ، فعَرِّفْني طَريقَكَ لِكَي أَعرِفَكَ فأَنالَ حُظوَةً في عَينَيكَ. أُنظُرْ، إِنَّ هٰذه الأُمَّةَ هي شَعبُكَ»

فقالَ الرَّبّ: «وَجْهي يَسيرُ أَمامَكَ وأُريحُكَ»

قالَ: «إِن لم يَسِرْ وَجهُكَ، فلا تُصعِدْنا مِن هٰهُنا

فإِنَّه بِماذا يُعرَفُ أَنِّي نِلتُ حُظوَةً في عَينَيكَ أَنا وشَعبُكَ؟ أَلَيسَ بِسَيرِكَ معَنا، فنَمْتازَ أَنا وشَعبُكَ عن كُلِّ شَعبٍ على وَجهِ الأَرض؟»

فقالَ الرَّبُّ لِموسى: «حتَّى هٰذا الَّذي قُلتَه أَفعَلُه، لِأَنَّكَ قد نِلتَ حُظوةً في عَينَيَّ وعَرَفتُكَ بِٱسمِكَ»

قالَ موسى: «أَرِني مَجدَكَ»

قال: «أَمُرُّ بِكُلِّ حُسْني أَمامَكَ وأُنادي بِٱسمِ الرَّبِّ قُدَّامَكَ، وأَصفَحُ عَمَّن أَصفَح وأَرحَمُ مَن أَرحَم»

وقال: «أَمَّا وَجْهي فلا تَستَطيعُ أَن تَراه لِأَنَّه لا يَراني الإِنْسانُ ويَحْيا»

وقالَ الرَّبّ: «هُوَذا مَكانٌ بِجانِبي، قِفْ على الصَّخرَة

فيَكونُ، إِذا مَرَّ مَجْدي، أَنِّي أَجعَلُكَ في حُفرَةِ الصَّخرَة وأُظَلِّلُكَ بِيَدي حَتَّى أَمُرَّ

ثُمَّ أَرفَعُ يدي فتَرى ظَهْري، وأَمَّا وَجْهي فلا يُرى»