1And the Lord said to Moses, “Dip, and bounce with the crew you brought up from Egypt, to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I got you and your fam.’”

2“I’m sending an angel ahead of you; I’ll kick out the Canaanite, Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite, no cap.”

3“To a land flowing with milk and honey: I’m not rolling with you though, 'cause you’re kinda stiff-necked; I might just wipe you out on the way.”

4When the people heard this bad news, they were shook and didn’t even rock their bling.

5The Lord told Moses, “Tell the Israelites, you’re a stiff-necked bunch: I’ll pop up in your midst and might consume you, so take off your bling so I know what’s up.”

6The Israelites stripped off their bling by Mount Horeb.

7Moses set up the tabernacle outside the camp, far away, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. Everyone who wanted to vibe with the Lord went to the tabernacle.

8When Moses went out to the tabernacle, all the people stood at their tent doors, watching him until he went inside.

9As Moses entered the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar came down and stood at the door, and the Lord was chatting with Moses.

10Everyone saw the cloudy pillar chill at the tabernacle door, and they all worshipped, each at their tent door.

11The Lord spoke to Moses face to face, like homies do. Then Moses went back to the camp, but his boy Joshua, son of Nun, stayed in the tabernacle.

12Moses said to the Lord, “You said to bring up this people, but you haven’t told me who you’re sending with me. Yet you said you know me by name and I’ve found grace in your sight.”

13“So, if I’ve found grace in your sight, show me your way so I can know you and find grace in your sight: and remember, this nation is your peeps.”

14He said, “My presence will roll with you, and I’ll give you rest.”

15He said, “If your presence isn’t going with us, then don’t even take us up from here.”

16“How will anyone know that I and your people have found grace in your sight? Isn’t it that you go with us? That’s what separates us from everyone else on this earth.”

17The Lord told Moses, “I’ll do what you asked, 'cause you’ve found grace in my sight, and I know you by name.”

18Moses said, “Please, show me your glory.”

19He said, “I’ll make all my goodness pass before you, and I’ll shout my name before you; I’ll be gracious to who I wanna be gracious to and show mercy to who I wanna show mercy.”

20He said, “You can’t see my face, 'cause no one can see me and live.”

21The Lord said, “Look, there’s a spot by me; you’ll stand on a rock.”

22“When my glory passes by, I’ll put you in a rock crevice and cover you with my hand while I pass by.”

23“Then I’ll take away my hand, and you’ll see my back, but my face? Nah, you can’t see that.”

1And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

2And 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:

3Unto 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.

4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

5For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

6And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

7And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

8And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

9And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.

10And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

11And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

12And Moses said unto the Lord, 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.

13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

14And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

15And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

16For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

17And the Lord 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.

18And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

20And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

21And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

22And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

23And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.