Book 02 : TORAH - SHEMOT (EXODUS) - Chapter 033
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And HaShem spoke unto Moses: 'Depart, go up hence, thou and
the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of
which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying: Unto thy seed will I
give it-
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and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out
the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and
the Jebusite-
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unto 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
in the way.
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And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned;
and no man did put on him his ornaments
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And HaShem said unto Moses: 'Say unto the children of
Israel: Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one
moment, I shall consume thee; therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee,
that I may know what to do unto thee.
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And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their
ornaments from mount Horeb onward
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Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the
camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it The tent of meeting. And it came
to pass, that every one that sought HaShem went out unto the tent of meeting,
which was without the camp
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And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent,
that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked
after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent
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And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the
pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent; and HaShem spoke
with Moses
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And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at
the door of the Tent, all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his
tent door
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And HaShem spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he would return into the camp; but his minister
Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent
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And Moses said unto HaShem: 'See, Thou sayest unto 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 grace in My
sight
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Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found grace in Thy
sight, show me now Thy ways, that I may know Thee, to the end that I may find
grace in Thy sight; and consider that this nation is Thy people.
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And He said: 'My presence shall go with thee, and I will
give thee rest.
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And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me,
carry us not up hence
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For wherein now shall it be known that I have found grace
in Thy sight, I and Thy people? is it not in that Thou goest with us, so that we
are distinguished, I and Thy people, from all the people that are upon the face
of the earth?
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And HaShem said unto Moses: 'I will do this thing also
that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by
name.
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And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.
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And He said: 'I will make all My goodness pass before
thee, and will proclaim the name of HaShem before thee; and I will be gracious
to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
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And He said: 'Thou canst not see My face, for man shall
not see Me and live.
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And HaShem said: 'Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou
shalt stand upon the rock
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And it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that
I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I
have passed by
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And I will take away My hand, and thou shalt see My back;
but My face shall not be seen.
Book 02 : TORAH - SHEMOT (EXODUS) - Chapter 033
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