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Exodus 33 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:1 - The 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.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:6 - So from the time they left Mount Sinai,[fn] the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - It was Moses’ practice to take the Tent of Meeting[fn] 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:8 - Whenever 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 - As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:10 - When the people saw the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would stand and bow down in front of their own tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - Inside 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:12 - One 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.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - If 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:14 - The LORD replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:15 - Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16 - How 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:17 - The LORD replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:18 - Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:19 - The LORD replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh,[fn] before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:20 - But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:21 - The LORD continued, “Look, stand near me on this rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:22 - As 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:23 - Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face will not be seen.”
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew Horeb, another name for Sinai.
This “Tent of Meeting” is different from the Tabernacle described in chapters 26 and 36.
Yahweh is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH that is sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in this translation it is usually rendered “the LORD” (note the use of small capitals).
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Exodus Chapter 33 — Additional Translations:

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