| New Living Translation | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD said to Moses, “Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your descendants I will give it.' |
| 2And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. | 2"I will send an angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. |
| 3Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.” | 3"Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are an obstinate people, and I might destroy you on the way." |
| 4When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes. | 4When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments. |
| 5For the LORD had told Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.” | 5For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the sons of Israel, 'You are an obstinate people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.'" |
| 6So from the time they left Mount Sinai, the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes. | 6So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward. |
| 7It was Moses’ practice to take the Tent of Meeting and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. | 7Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. |
| 8Whenever Moses went out to the Tent of Meeting, all the people would get up and stand in the entrances of their own tents. They would all watch Moses until he disappeared inside. | 8And it came about, whenever Moses went out to the tent, that all the people would arise and stand, each at the entrance of his tent, and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent. |
| 9As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses. | 9Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and the LORD would speak with Moses. |
| 10When the people saw the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would stand and bow down in front of their own tents. | 10When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would arise and worship, each at the entrance of his tent. |
| 11Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting. Moses Sees the LORD’s Glory | 11Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. |
| 12One day Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ | 12Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people!' But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, 'I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.' |
| 13If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.” | 13"Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people." |
| 14The LORD replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.” | 14And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest." |
| 15Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place. | 15Then he said to Him, "If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. |
| 16How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.” | 16"For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?" |
| 17The LORD replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.” | 17The LORD said to Moses, "I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name." |
| 18Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.” | 18Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!" |
| 19The LORD replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. | 19And He said, "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion." |
| 20But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.” | 20But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!" |
| 21The LORD continued, “Look, stand near me on this rock. | 21Then the LORD said, "Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; |
| 22As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. | 22and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. |
| 23Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face will not be seen.” | 23"Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen." |
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