Shemoth (Exodus) 33

consume you. And now, take off your ornaments, and I shall know what to do
to you.’ ”
Exod 33:6 So the children of Yisra’ĕl took off their ornaments at Mount
Ḥorĕḇ.
Exod 33:7 And Mosheh took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far
from the camp, and called it the Tent of Meeting. And it came to be that
everyone who sought יהוה went out to the Tent of Meeting which was outside
the camp.
Exod 33:8 And it came to be, whenever Mosheh went out to the Tent, that all
the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Mosheh
until he entered the Tent.
Exod 33:9 And it came to be, when Mosheh entered the Tent, that the column
of cloud descended and stood at the door of the Tent, and He spoke with
Mosheh.
Exod 33:10 And all the people saw the column of cloud standing at the Tent
door, and all the people rose and bowed themselves, each one at the door of
his tent.
Exod 33:11 Thus יהוה spoke to Mosheh face to face, as a man speaks to his
friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Yehoshua son of
Nun, a young man, did not leave the Tent.
Exod 33:12 And Mosheh said to יהוה, “See, You are saying to me, ‘Bring up
this people.’ But You have not made known to me whom You would send
with me, though You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also
found favour in My eyes.’
Exod 33:13 “And now, please, if I have found favour in Your eyes, please
show me Your way, and let me know You, so that I find favour in Your eyes.
And consider that this nation is Your people.”
Exod 33:14 And He said, “My Presence does go, and I shall give you rest.”
Exod 33:15 And he said to Him, “If Your Presence is not going, do not lead
us up from here.
Exod 33:16 “For how then shall it be known that I have found favour in Your
eyes, I and Your people, except You go with us? Then we shall be
distinguished, I and Your people, from all the people who are upon the face
of the earth.”
Exod 33:17 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Even this word you have spoken I
shall do, for you have found favour in My eyes, and I know you by name.”
Exod 33:18 Then he said, “Please, show me Your esteem.”
Exod 33:19 And He said, “I shall cause all My goodness to pass before you,
and I shall proclaim the Name of יהוה before you. And I shall favour him
whom I favour, and shall have compassion on him whom I have
compassion.”
Exod 33:20 But He said, “You are unable to see My face, for no man does
see Me and live.”
Exod 33:21 And יהוה said, “See, there is a place with Me! And you shall
stand on the rock.
Exod 33:22 “And it shall be, while My esteem passes by, that I shall put you
in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand while I pass by.
Exod 33:23 “Then I shall take away My hand and you shall see My back, but
My face shall not be seen.”