Exodus 33 · Parashat Ki Tisa

And the Lord said to Moshe, Depart, and go up from here, thou and the people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Miżrayim, to the land of which I swore to Avraham, to Yiżĥaq, and to Ya῾aqov, saying, To thy seed will I give it:

and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Kena῾ani, the Emori, and the Ḥitti, and the Perizzi, the Ḥivvi, and the Yevusi:

into a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee on the way.

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man put on him his ornaments.

For the Lord had said to Moshe, Say to the children of Yisra᾽el, You are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee for a moment and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do to thee.

And the children of Yisra᾽el stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Ḥorev.

And Moshe would take the Tent, and pitch it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and he called it the Tent of Meeting. And it came to pass, that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.

And it came to pass, when Moshe went out to the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moshe until he was gone into the Tent.

And it came to pass, as Moshe entered the Tent, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the Tent, and one talked with Moshe.

And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

And the Lord spoke to Moshe face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he turned back to the camp: but his servant Yehoshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the Tent.

And Moshe said to the Lord, See, thou sayst to me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favour in my sight.

Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find favour in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

And he said to him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up from here.

For in what shall it be known here that I and thy people have found favour in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be differentiated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

And the Lord said to Moshe, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found favour in my sight, and I know thee by name.

And he said, I pray thee, show me thy glory.

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for no man shall see me, and live.

And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

and it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

and I will take away my hand and thou shalt see my back: but my face shall not be seen.