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\Exodus 33

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’ 2 And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”

4 And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.’ ” 6 So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. 8 So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. 10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door. 11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

12 Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ 13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”

14 And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

15 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

17 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

18 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”

19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”

出埃及記 33

耶和華吩咐摩西說：「我曾起誓應許亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各說：『要將迦南地賜給你的後裔。』現在你和你從埃及地所領出來的百姓，要從這裡往那地去。 2 我要差遣使者在你前面，攆出迦南人、亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人， 3 領你到那流奶與蜜之地。我自己不同你們上去，因為你們是硬著頸項的百姓，恐怕我在路上把你們滅絕。」 4 百姓聽見這凶信就悲哀，也沒有人佩戴裝飾。 5 耶和華對摩西說：「你告訴以色列人說：『耶和華說：你們是硬著頸項的百姓，我若一霎時臨到你們中間，必滅絕你們。現在你們要把身上的裝飾摘下來，使我可以知道怎樣待你們。』」 6 以色列人從住何烈山以後，就把身上的裝飾摘得乾淨。

7 摩西素常將帳篷支搭在營外，離營卻遠，他稱這帳篷為會幕。凡求問耶和華的，就到營外的會幕那裡去。 8 當摩西出營到會幕去的時候，百姓就都起來，各人站在自己帳篷的門口，望著摩西，直等到他進了會幕。 9 摩西進會幕的時候，雲柱降下來，立在會幕的門前，耶和華便與摩西說話。 10 眾百姓看見雲柱立在會幕門前，就都起來，各人在自己帳篷的門口下拜。 11 耶和華與摩西面對面說話，好像人與朋友說話一般。摩西轉到營裡去，唯有他的幫手，一個少年人嫩的兒子約書亞，不離開會幕。

12 摩西對耶和華說：「你吩咐我說：『將這百姓領上去』，卻沒有叫我知道你要打發誰與我同去，只說：『我按你的名認識你，你在我眼前也蒙了恩。』 13 我如今若在你眼前蒙恩，求你將你的道指示我，使我可以認識你，好在你眼前蒙恩。求你想到這民是你的民。」 14 耶和華說：「我必親自和你同去，使你得安息。」 15 摩西說：「你若不親自和我同去，就不要把我們從這裡領上去。 16 人在何事上得以知道我和你的百姓在你眼前蒙恩呢？豈不是因你與我們同去，使我和你的百姓與地上的萬民有分別嗎？」

17 耶和華對摩西說：「你這所求的我也要行，因為你在我眼前蒙了恩，並且我按你的名認識你。」 18 摩西說：「求你顯出你的榮耀給我看。」 19 耶和華說：「我要顯我一切的恩慈，在你面前經過，宣告我的名。我要恩待誰就恩待誰，要憐憫誰就憐憫誰。」 20 又說：「你不能看見我的面，因為人見我的面不能存活。」 21 耶和華說：「看哪，在我這裡有地方，你要站在磐石上。 22 我的榮耀經過的時候，我必將你放在磐石穴中，用我的手遮掩你，等我過去。 23 然後我要將我的手收回，你就得見我的背，卻不得見我的面。」