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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 33</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/33.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//exodus/33-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/exodus/">Exodus</a> > Exodus 33</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/32.htm" title="Exodus 32">◄</a> Exodus 33 <a href="../exodus/34.htm" title="Exodus 34">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/exodus/33.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/exodus/33.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/exodus/33.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/exodus/33.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/exodus/33.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/exodus/33.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/exodus/33.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Command to Leave Sinai<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../deuteronomy/1.htm">Deuteronomy 1:1–8</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">The Tent of Meeting<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent. <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">The Promise of God’s Presence<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ 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 found favor in My sight.’ <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.” <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.” <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.” <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, from Mount Sinai onward, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai<br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/9.htm#15">Romans 9:15</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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