6
Then the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horeb
on.
7
And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the testimony. And it came to pass
that every one who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the testimony, which
was outside the camp.
8
And it came to pass when Moses would go out unto the tabernacle,
that all the people would rise up and stand each one
at the door of their tent, with their gaze following Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle.
9
And when Moses would enter into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand
at the door of the tabernacle, and
the LORD would talk with Moses.
10
And when all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand
at the tabernacle door, all the people would rise up, each one in the door of their tent, and worship.
11
And the LORD would speak unto Moses face to face, as anyone would speak unto their friend. And he would turn again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the tabernacle.
12
And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring this people out, and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou saith, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
13
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show 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.
14
And he said, My presence {Heb. faces} shall go
with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15
And he said unto him, If thy presence {Heb. faces} is not to go before
us, do not bring us out of here.
16
For in what shall it be known here that I have found grace in thy sight, I and thy people, but in that thou goest with us, and I and thy people will be separated from all the peoples that
are upon the face of the earth?