33:1 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up¹ from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’² 33:2 And I will send an angel³ before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.⁴ 33:3 Go up⁵ to a land flowing with milk and honey. But⁶ I will not go up in your midst, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you⁷ on the way.”

33:4 When the people heard this troubling word⁸ they mourned;⁹ no one put on his ornaments. 33:5 For¹⁰ Yahweh had said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I moved into your midst for a moment,¹¹ I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments from on you, that I may know¹² what I should do to you’.”¹³ 33:6 And the Israelites stripped off their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

33:7 Moses took¹⁵ the Tent¹⁶ and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distance¹⁷ from the camp; and he called it the Tent of Meeting. And¹⁸ anyone seeking¹⁹ Yahweh would go out to the Tent of Meeting which was outside the camp.

33:8 And when Moses went out²⁰ to the Tent, all the people would get up²¹ and stand at the entrance to their tents,²² and they would watch²³ Moses until he entered the tent.²⁴ 33:9 And²⁵ whenever Moses entered the Tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the Tent, and Yahweh²⁶ would speak with Moses.²⁷ 33:10 When all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the Tent, all they people would rise and worship,²⁸ each one at the entrance of his tent. 33:11 And Yahweh would speak to Moses face to face,²⁹ as a man speaks³⁰ to his friend. And then he would return to the camp; but his servant, Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the Tent.³¹

33:12 Then Moses said to Yahweh, “See, You have been saying to me, ‘Bring this people up,’³² but you have not let me know whom You will send with me. But You said, ‘I know you by name,³³ and also you have found favor in My sight.’ 33:13 And now, if I have found favor in your sight, show me³⁴ your way, that I may know you,³⁵ that I may continue to find³⁶ favor in your sight. And see³⁷ that this nation is Your people.

33:14 And he said, “My Presence³⁸ will go with you,³⁹ and I will give you rest.”⁴⁰

33:15 And he said to him, “If Your Presence does not go⁴¹ with us,⁴² do not take us up from here.⁴³ 33:16 For in what way will it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in Your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?”⁴⁴

33:17 And Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also which you have spoken, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know⁴⁵ you by name.”

33:18 And he said, “Show me your glory.”⁴⁶

33:19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness⁴⁷ pass before your face, and I will proclaim Yahweh by name⁴⁸ before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”⁴⁹ 33:20 And he said, “You cannot see my face, for no one can⁵⁰ see Me and live.”⁵¹ 33:21 And Yahweh said, “Here⁵² is a place by Me; you will station yourself⁵³ on a rock. 33:22 And when my glory passes by,⁵⁴ then I will put you in a cleft in the rock and will cover⁵⁵ you with my hand⁵⁶ while I pass by.⁵⁷ 33:23 Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back,⁵⁸ but my face must not be seen.⁵⁹